US Patent Issued to Time Timer on Sept. 22 for "Braille timer" (Ohio, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,965, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Time Timer LLC (Cincinnati).

"Braille timer" was invented by Heather L. Rogers (Cincinnati), Christen Sara Barbercheck (Cincinnati) and Tricia L. Wright (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braille timer teaches time in a simple manner to visually impaired individuals. The timer rotates a shaft which rotates a colored disk attached to the shaft. The initial position of the colored disk is manually set by an operator using either an arm, a positioner or a portion of the colored disk. A raised annular ring enables the colored disk to rotate freely without interference from raised bum...