ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,502, issued on Oct. 7.
"Apparatus for displaying time" was invented by Marc L. Diamond (Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may include a display for visually representing solar time and civil time simultaneously. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a representation of a horizon extending across the display, an icon of the sun corresponding to a solar time by its position relative to the representation of the horizon and to a top portion of the display, the icon of the sun configured to revolve once per solar day about a center portion of the display, and a plurality of hour indications correspon...