US 6,982,931 B2
Timepiece
Donald R. Brewer, Dallas, Tex. (US); and Diarmiud John St. Colum Bland, Garland, Tex. (US)
Assigned to Fossil, Inc., Richardson, Tex. (US)
Filed on Mar. 01, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/87,245.
Prior Publication US 2003/0165085 A1, Sep. 04, 2003
Int. Cl. G04B 19/04 (2006.01); G04B 19/06 (2006.01); G04C 19/00 (2006.01); G04C 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 368—80 61 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watch face with selective backgrounds comprising:
a polarizer layer for polarizing light passing therethrough;
a liquid crystal display disposed beneath the polarizer layer wherein the liquid crystal display selectively rotates or does not rotate polarized light;
a neutral reflective polarizer layer located beneath the liquid crystal display and positioned in a first orientation relative to said polarizer layer, wherein rotated light reflects off the neutral reflective polarizer layer producing a first background on the watch face and non-rotated light is transmitted through the neutral reflective polarizer layer; and
a reflective non-polarized layer disposed beneath the neutral reflective polarizer layer wherein the light passed through the neutral reflective polarizer layer reflects off the non-polarized reflective layer producing a second background on the watch face.