US Patent Issued on June 16 for "Tide and time clock" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,738, issued on June 16.

"Tide and time clock" was invented by Matthew D. Arnold (Urbanna, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tide circle is provided as one form of tide indicator which rotates about a pivot point which is spaced from a center of the tide circle. An hour hand also pivots about this pivot point. The tide circle and hour hand are geared together so that the tide circle moves slower than the hour hand an amount correlating with tide change. The tide circle includes high and low tide indicators thereon which align with the hour hand at high or low tide. A window in the hour hand can be provided as a tide scale which ali...