Point of sale display for doorbell

• US 7,471,210 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2006
• Issued: 12/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: IQ Group Sdn. Bhd. (IQ Group Holdings Bhd.)
• Original Assignee: IQ Group Sdn. Bhd. (IQ Group Holdings Bhd.)
• Inventors: Kendrick, Jimmy, Yeow, Lai Kong, Beasley, Daniel John, Cole, Phillip R. Sr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Previl; Daniel
• Application Number:
  US11/512,965
• Publication Number:
  US 20060290477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 853 Days
• Field of Search: 340/691.6, 340/384.1, 340/392.1, 340/328, 340/326, 340/692, 340/691.1, 340/330, 340/393.3, 340/396.1, 340/392.4, 340/573.1, 340/531, 705/10, 705/27, 705/16, 705/26, 434/365, 434/369, 434/379, 434/382, 434/401
• US Class Current: 340/691.6
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 1/062 electrically operated

Abstract

A doorbell having interchangeable chimes and interchangeable decorative covers is displayed for sale to the retail public such that a customer may easily choose a specific chime sound and combine it with a specific decorative cover enabling the customer to buy a doorbell meeting the customer'"'"'s aesthetic requirement. The interchangeable bases and covers may include complimentary attachment parts that allow any cover to be mounted to any of a plurality of bases of differing size and in different orientations.

Claims

1. A chime unit for a doorbell system, said chime unit comprising:

a base for producing an audible signal when activated by said doorbell system, said base being adapted for mounting to a support structure;

a first cover for covering said base opposite said support structure;

first mounting parts carried by said base and second mounting parts carried by said cover, said cover having first mounted and second mounted positions covering said base, said cover carried by said base in either said first mounted or second mounted position, said first mounting parts releasably snap-fitted to said second mounting parts when said cover is in its said first mounted position, one of said first and second mounting parts including a first guide part, the other of said first and second mounting parts having a guide opening, a pair of radially spaced resilient catch parts carried by said one of said first and second mounting parts, said other of said first and second mounting parts having a catch recess, one of said catch parts fitted within said catch recess and said first guide part fitted within said guide opening when said cover is in its said either mounted position.

2. The chime unit of claim 1, and a second cover having third mounting parts, said second cover having a third mounted position covering said base, said third mounting parts releasably snap-fitted to said first mounting parts when said second cover is in its said mounted position.

3. The chime unit or claim 2, and a second base, said second base having fourth mounting parts, said first cover having fifth mounting parts, said first cover having a fourth mounted position covering said second base, said first cover carried by said second base when in its said fourth mounted position, said fourth mounting parts releasably snap fitted to said fifth mounting parts when said cover is in its said mounted position.

4. The chime unit of claim 1, and a second guide part adjacent said first guide part, said second guide part for guiding said first guide part toward said guide opening as said cover is shifted toward its said either mounted position.