Wireless doorbell set

• US 10,445,991 B1
• Filed: 06/26/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lionfish Logistics, Inc. (Hippolyte Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Long Wong
• Inventors: Wong, Long
• Primary Examiner(s): Holloway, III, Edwin C
• Application Number:
  US16/018,204
• Time in Patent Office: 476 Days
• Field of Search: 340 758, 340 761, 340 762, 340 763, 340 1222, 340 1254, 340 1255, 340 125, 340 1324, 340 1325, 340 1332, 340330, 3405391, 34053911, 34053914, 3406935
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/1058 Pager holders or housings casings for electric apparatus H05K5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/228 combined with other devices having a different main function, e.g. watches
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources

Abstract

A wireless doorbell set includes a wearable ringer (transmitter) and a wireless doorbell receiver, which is responsive to a ring signal transmitted to the receiver from the wearable ringer. The wearable ringer is configured with a removable bracket that may be mounted to a wall such that the wearable ringer may be attached to the removable bracket on the wall, to temporarily position the ringer thereon when it is not worn by a user, and to remove and separate the wearable ringer from the wall-mounted bracket when the user wishes to wear the wearable ringer, for example, on a lanyard that may be placed over the user'"'"'s head. The wireless doorbell receiver receives the ring signal from the wearable ringer and generates a sound, a light signal or both.

Claims

1. A wireless doorbell set, comprising:

a wearable ringer comprising a ringer housing formed with a front, a back, a top, a bottom, a left and a right side;

a push button actuator positioned on the front side of the ringer housing that when pushed by a user generates a wireless ring signal;

a wireless doorbell receiver that is configured for mounting on a wall or like structure and to receive the wireless ring signal generated by the wearable ringer and to generate a sound signal, a light signal or both in response to receiving the wireless ring signal; and

a wearable ringer bracket that is configured to receive the wearable ringer; and

a lanyard that is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the wearable ringer;

wherein the wearable ringer is configured to be maintained in the wearable ringer bracket and configured to be attached to the lanyard so the wearable ringer may be carried instead of positioned in the wearable ringer bracket; and

wherein the wearable ringer housing includes substantially parallel grooves arranged along the left and right sides, proximate to the back side, and substantially arranged in parallel to a planar surface of the back side.

2. The wireless doorbell set as in claim 1, wherein the ringer housing comprises two separable parts that snap together to form the housing.

3. The wireless doorbell set as in claim 1, wherein attaching the wearable ringer to the lanyard enables a user to wear the lanyard and wearable ringer about the user'"'"'s neck and actuate the push button actuator to cause the wireless doorbell receiver to generate the sound, the light signal or both when the wearable ringer is in a receiving range of the wireless doorbell receiver.

4. The wireless doorbell set as in claim 3, wherein attaching the wearable ringer to the wearable ringer bracket enables the user to wear the lanyard and wearable ringer with the wearable ringer bracket attached thereto about the user'"'"'s neck.

5. The wireless doorbell set as in claim 1, wherein the wearable ringer bracket, when detached from the wearable ringer, is mounted at a stationery position within a receiving range of the receiver.

6. The wireless doorbell set as in claim 5, wherein the wearable ringer is attached to the wearable ringer bracket at the mounted stationery position, whereby a user may actuate the push button actuator to cause the wireless doorbell receiver to generate the sound, light signal or both.

7. The wireless doorbell set as defined by claim 1,

wherein the wearable ringer bracket is configured with opposing side flanges that slide into and out of the corresponding grooves on the wearable ringer, to attach the wearable ringer to and detach the wearable ringer from the wearable ringer bracket.

8. The wireless doorbell set as defined by claim 7, wherein the wearable ringer bracket includes a latching mechanism that latches the wearable ringer when the wearable ringer is slid into the wearable ringer bracket to a latching position.

9. The wireless doorbell set as defined by claim 8, wherein the latching mechanism includes a release button for unlatching the wearable ringer from its latched position with the wearable ringer bracket.

10. The wireless doorbell set as defined by claim 1, wherein the wearable ringer housing includes an opening that extends completely through the wearable ringer, from the front side through to the back side and wherein the lanyard is attachable to and detachable from the wearable ringer via the opening.

11. The wireless doorbell set as defined by claim 10, wherein the opening is arranged proximate one end of the wearable ringer housing and the push button actuator is arranged on an opposing end of the wearable ringer housing.

12. The wireless doorbell set of claim 1, wherein the wearable ringer further comprises an antenna from which the wireless ring signal is transmitted, button battery that provides power to the wearable ringer, a PCB board comprising electronic components including at least one integrated circuit, at least one filter, an LED, at least one triode, a touch switch and a crystal, which electronic components enable wireless ringer operation.

13. The wireless doorbell set of claim 12, wherein the wireless doorbell receiver further comprises a power connector that enables the wearable receiver to be connected to a source of alternating current (AC) power, a speaker that outputs a sound in response to the sound signal, a transformer for transforming the AC power to direct current (DC) power, a touch switch for controlling a sound volume, an antenna for receiving the wireless ring signal from the wearable ringer, a PCB board comprising electronic components including at least one integrated circuit, at least one music integrated circuit, at least one chip diodes, at least one triode, at least one rectifier diode, touch switch and an LED, which electronic components enable wireless doorbell receiver operation.

14. The wireless doorbell set of claim 12, wherein the touch switch also controls the sound volume and a musical selection for the sound.

15. The wireless doorbell set of claim 12, wherein the wireless doorbell receiver further comprises a battery and a battery cover to allow access to the battery.