Aesthetic thermostat

• US 5,603,451 A
• Filed: 03/31/1995
• Issued: 02/18/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John W. Helander
• Original Assignee: John W. Helander
• Inventors: Szewczul, Mark, Fong, Chean F., Baumann, David, Helander, John W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tapolcai, William E.
• Application Number:
  US08/414,286
• Time in Patent Office: 690 Days
• Field of Search: 236/51, 248/309.1, 248/176.1
• US Class Current: 236/51
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/1902 characterised by the use of a variable reference value

Abstract

A thermostat for use within a building consisting of a wall-mounted unit and a remote unit movably attached thereto by means of a removable, flexible connecting cable. The remote unit is composed of a separate base portion and a separate movable portion. The base portion is provided with means for attaching the base portion to the back of a room furnishing and the movable portion can removably attach to either the wall-mounted unit when the connecting cable is removed or to the base portion when the connecting cable is reattached. The base portion is provided with "U" shaped sides which form a track for movably receiving the movable portion when the movable portion is disengaged from the wall-mounted unit.

Claims

1. A thermostat for use inside a building comprising:

a wall-mounted unit,

a remote unit comprised of a base portion and a movable portion;

a connecting cable flexibly connecting said remote unit to said wall-mounted unit and means for movably attaching said remote unit to a room furnishing,

said base portion provided with said means for movably attaching said remote unit to a room furnishing,

said a movable portion being removably received by said base portion, said connecting cable being attached to said movable unit in order to flexibly connect said remote unit to said wall-mounted unit,

said base portion being provided with "U" shaped sides which form a track for movably receiving said movable portion, and

a knob being provided on said movable portion for gripping said movable portion.

2. A thermostat according to claim 1 further comprising:

stopping ridges being provided on at least one side of the movable portion and at least one lip being provided within said "U" shaped sides so that the stopping ridges engage said lip as the movable portion is received into the base portion.

3. A thermostat according to claim 2 further comprising:

said movable portion being provided with a face located adjacent said at least one side, said face being provided with a temperature controlling slide bar.

4. A thermostat according to claim 3 further comprising said face being provided with a fan switch.

5. A thermostat according to claim 3 further comprising said face being provided with a heating/cooling switch.

6. A thermostat according to claim 3 further comprising said face being provided with an LCD device for displaying ambient room temperature.

7. A device for controlling the operation of a building'"'"'s HVAC system comprising:

a wall-mounted unit,

a movable portion flexibly connected to said wall-mounted unit via an electrical connecting cable,

a separate base portion, said base portion being provided with ears for attaching said base portion to a back side of a room furnishing, said base portion having receiving means for movably receiving said movable portion, and

a knob being provided on said movable portion as a means to grip the movable portion.