Memory Button Mount

• US 20120305655A1
• Filed: 05/30/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Key Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Key Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Eckerdt, George
• Granted Patent: US 8,919,656 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 29/10 Key holders; Key boards key cases A45C11/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier

Abstract

A mounting spring coil is made to grip and releasably hold a cylindrical periphery of a memory button while transmitting an ID effectively. A memory button held in a coil of the mounting spring can support objects such as tags and keys that are identified by the memory button to account for removal and replacement of the objects being secured.

Claims

1. A memory button mount comprising:

a conductive spring having a gripping coil;

the gripping coil being dimensioned to grip and releasably hold a cylindrical surface of the button;

the button being mounted on a tag;

ends of a wire loop being connected to an upper end of the tag; and

a central region of the loop being formed to extend into a space on a side of the tag opposite the button where a head of a key hanging on the loop is disposed above a bottom end of the tag.

2. The memory button mount of claim 1 wherein the spring has a base coil that communicates electrically with a support element.

3. The memory button mount of claim 1 wherein the coils of the spring form a conical shape.

4. The memory button mount of claim 1 wherein coils of the spring contact each other in an unflexed state.

5. A memory button mount comprising:

a spring having a base coil and a gripping coil;

the gripping coil being dimensioned to grip and releasably hold a cylindrical surface of the button; and

the memory button being mounted on a tag supporting an object.

6. The memory button mount of claim 5 wherein coils of the spring are in contact with each other.

7. The memory button mount of claim 5 wherein the coils of the spring form a conical shape.

8. The memory button mount of claim 5 including a button face contact spring arranged within the base coil and secured electrically to a circuit board.

9. A memory button mount comprising:

a tag bearing a memory button;

a coil of spring removably holding the memory button;

ends of a wire loop being connected to an upper end of a tag; and

a central region of the loop being formed to extend into a space on a side of the tag opposite the button where a head of a key hanging on the loop is disposed above a bottom end of the tag.

10. The memory button mount of claim 9 wherein coils of the spring contact each other in an unflexed state.

11. The memory button mount of claim 9 wherein coils of the spring form a conical shape.

12. The memory button mount of claim 9 wherein a base coil of the spring communicates electrically with a support element.

13. A memory button mount comprising:

a metal coil mounting spring having a base coil electrically secured to a circuit board;

the mounting spring having coils that proceed successively from the base coil to a gripping coil that releasably grips a cylindrical contact surface of the memory button;

a contact coil spring arranged within the base coil and electrically secured to the circuit board; and

the contact spring engaging a plane contact surface of the memory button.

14. The memory button of claim 13 wherein coils of the mounting spring contact each other in an unflexed state.

15. The memory button mount of claim 13 wherein coils of the spring form a conical shape.

16. The memory button mount of claim 13 wherein the memory button is secured to a tag that supports an object.

17. The memory button mount of claim 16 including a wire loop connected to an upper end of the tag, the loop is bent toward a side of the tag opposite the button, and a head of a key hanging on the loop is disposed above a bottom end of the tag.

18. A memory button mount comprising:

a metal coil spring having a gripping coil arranged to grip and removably hold a cylindrical perimeter of the memory button;

the coil spring having a base coil arranged in electric communication with a support element; and

a center contact spring arranged on the support element within the base coil engages a face of the memory button.

19. The memory button mount of claim 18 wherein coils of the coil spring engage each other when the spring is not flexed.

20. The memory button mount of claim 18 wherein the gripping coil has a smaller diameter than the base coil.

21. The memory button mount of claim 18 wherein the support element is a circuit board.

22. The memory button mount of claim 18 wherein the memory button is secured to a tag that supports an object.

23. The memory button mount of claim 22 including a wire loop connected to an upper end of the tag, the loop is bent toward a side of the tag opposite the button, and a head of a key hanging on the loop is disposed above a bottom end of the tag.