Sconce for concealing a thermostat

• US 5,810,193 A
• Filed: 12/19/1996
• Issued: 09/22/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Paul W. Gordon
• Original Assignee: Paul W. Gordon
• Inventors: Gordon, Paul W.
• Primary Examiner(s): MOY, JOSEPH MAN
• Application Number:
  US08/769,303
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• Field of Search: 220/476, 220/664, 220/603, 220/662, 220/745, 220/367.1, 211/86, 211/87
• US Class Current: 220/476
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/02 Shelves movable shelves coupled to doors A47B96/16
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 7/044 Hanging flower-pot holders, e.g. mounted on walls, balcony fences or the like on windows or doors A47H27/00

Abstract

A sconce for mounting on a wall and concealing a thermostat provided on the wall to prevent viewing and undesired manipulation of the thermostat. In a first preferred embodiment the sconce is characterized by a sconce bracket which is mounted on the wall above the thermostat and includes a generally semicircular bracket panel which extends perpendicularly from the wall, parallel to the floor. A quarter globe-shaped sconce panel is removably mounted on the sconce bracket and abuts the wall below the sconce bracket to enclose and conceal the thermostat. The sconce bracket and bracket panel are each provided with multiple air vents for allowing ambient air to enter the sconce and contact the concealed thermostat. A decorative object such as a flower arrangement may be supported and displayed on the bracket panel. In a second preferred embodiment the sconce panel is provided with a lockset for locking the sconce panel on the sconce bracket.

Claims

1. A sconce for mounting on a wall, comprising a bracket having a frame characterized by a flat frame segment for abutting the wall, a rounded frame segment extending from said flat frame segment, bracket air vents provided in said rounded frame segment of said bracket and a rounded, slotted sconce panel removably carried by said rounded frame segment of said bracket, whereby said sconce panel is suspended from said bracket and abuts the wall.

2. The sconce of claim 1 comprising lock means provided in said bracket, said lock means extending through said bracket to said sconce panel for selectively engaging said sconce panel and removably securing said sconce panel to said bracket.

3. The sconce of claim 1 wherein said bracket air vents are substantially horizontally oriented in said rounded frame segment of said bracket for ventilating that area of the wall closed by said bracket and said sconce panel.

4. The sconce of claim 1 comprising lock means provided in said bracket, said lock means extending through said bracket to said sconce panel for selectively engaging said sconce panel and removably securing said sconce panel to said bracket and wherein said bracket air vents are substantially horizontally oriented in said rounded frame segment of said bracket for ventilating that portion of the wall closed by said bracket and said sconce panel.

5. The sconce of claim 1 comprising panel air vents provided in said sconce panel for ventilating that area of the wall closed by said bracket and said sconce panel.

6. The sconce of claim 1 wherein said bracket air vents are substantially horizontally oriented in said rounded frame segment of said bracket and comprising panel air vents provided in said sconce panel for ventilating that area of the wall closed by said bracket and said sconce panel.

7. The sconce of claim 6 comprising a lockset provided in said bracket said lockset extending through said bracket to said sconce panel for selectively engaging said sconce panel and removably securing said sconce panel to said bracket.

8. The sconce of claim 1 comprising a vent box provided in said rounded frame segment of said bracket, a floor provided in said vent box and bracket air vents provided in said floor and wherein said sconce panel engages said rounded frame segment of said bracket adjacent to said frame floor.

9. The sconce of claim 8 comprising a lockset provided in said bracket, said lockset extending through said bracket to said sconce panel for selectively engaging said sconce panel and removably securing said sconce panel to said bracket.

10. The sconce of claim 8 wherein said floor and said bracket air vents provided in said bracket for ventilating that area of the wall closed by said bracket means and said sconce panel, are substantially horizontally oriented.

11. The sconce of claim 8 comprising panel air vents provided in said sconce panel for ventilating that area of the wall closed by said bracket and said sconce panel.

12. The sconce of claim 8 wherein said floor and said bracket air vents provided in said bracket means and panel air vents provided in said sconce panel for ventilating that area of the wall closed by said bracket means and said sconce panel, are substantially horizontally oriented and comprising panel air vents provided in said sconce panel for ventilating that area of the wall closed by said bracket and said sconce panel.

13. The sconce of claim 12 comprising a lockset provided in said bracket, said lockset extending through said bracket to said sconce panel, for selectively engaging said sconce panel and removably securing said sconce panel to said bracket.

14. A sconce for mounting on a wall and concealing a wall-mounted thermostat, comprising a sconce bracket characterized by a frame attached to the wall adjacent to the thermostat;

a vent box provided in said frame;

at least one air vent provided in said vent box for circulating air to the thermostat;

a rounded sconce panel removably mounted on said bracket for concealing the thermostat; and

panel air vents provided in said sconce panel for ventilating the thermostat.

15. The sconce of claim 14 comprising a floor recessed in said vent box and wherein said air vent is provided in said floor.

16. The sconce of claim 14 comprising a lockset provided in said bracket, said lockset extending through said bracket to said sconce panel and selectively engaging said sconce panel for removably securing said sconce panel to said bracket.

17. The sconce of claim 14 wherein said at least one air vent provided in said vent box comprises a plurality of air vents for further ventilating the thermostat and comprising a lockset provided in said bracket, said lockset extending through said bracket to said sconce panel and selectively engaging said sconce panel, for removably securing said sconce panel to said bracket.

18. The sconce of claim 15 wherein said floor is substantially horizontally oriented through said vent box of said bracket and wherein said sconce panel engages said bracket adjacent to said floor.

19. The sconce of claim 18 wherein said at least one air vent provided in said vent box comprises a plurality of air vents for further ventilating the thermostat.

20. The sconce of claim 19 comprising a lockset provided in said bracket, said lockset extending through said bracket to said sconce panel and selectively engaging said sconce panel for removably securing said sconce panel to said bracket.