Abstract: A combined timepiece and identification device (10, 50) contains personal identification and/or medical information about the person wearing the device. The device includes a housing (13, 51) in which first and second panels (30, 31 or 58, 59) are hingedly mounted for movement between closed positions stored in the housing and exposed positions generally parallel to one another outside the housing at opposite ends thereof. One of the panels carries a piece of microfilm (38, 60) containing the information, and the other panel carries a lens (39, 61) adapted to focus on the microfilm when the panels are in their opened positions outside the housing. The timepiece (11, 50) comprises an openable cover (20, 63) for the housing so that the panels are enclosed and protected when the cover is closed. Springs (36, 37 or 71, 72) urge the panels toward their opened, unfolded positions when the cover is opened.

Abstract: A miniaturized device adapted to be worn as a piece of jewelry and which contains personal identification and/or medical information about the person wearing the device. The device includes a housing in which first and second panels are hingedly mounted for movement between closed positions stored in the housing and upright exposed positions generally parallel to one another outside the housing at opposite ends thereof. One of the panels carries a piece of microfilm containing the information, and the other panel carries a lens adapted to focus on the microfilm when the panels are in their upright positions outside the housing. The housing includes an openable cover so that the panels are enclosed and protected when the cover is closed. The panels are urged toward their upright positions by spring means when the cover of the housing is opened, and detents formed in the housing engage with the panels to positively hold them in their upright, properly spaced relationship when they are opened for use.