Device for indicating direction to a predetermined locale

Claim 1

In a device for indicating the direction of a predetermined locale from a specific geographic location at any point in the world, a compass having a magnetic needle pivotally mounted on a pivot, a plurality of azimuth cards and each card representing a particular geographic region, there being a plurality of indicia markings on each card corresponding to specific geographic locations in said region, said azimuth cards each having an opening therein to accommodate the magnetic needle when a said card is positioned on the compass such that each card is selectively positionable upon said compass in a predetermined relationship to said magnetic needle corresponding to the specific geographic location at which the device is being used with respect to a North-South reference, means for orienting a said azimuth card on said compass with respect to said magnetic needle, a transparent adjustable straight-line cursor pivotally mounted upon a pivot coinciding with the pivot of the compass magnetic needle and having a straight line thereon to be aligned with said magnetic needle pivot and with a said indicia marking on a said azimuth card which is positioned upon the compass whereby the cursor will indicate the direction of the predetermined locale from said specific geographic location when said compass magnetic needle is aligned with the North-South reference, said cursor having a head end which points to the predetermined locale and a tail end which is aligned with an indicia marking on the card, one of said head end and tail end being foldable and the other of said head end and tail end being slidable to decrease the length of the cursor when positioning a card upon the compass.