US 12,243,413 B2
Doorbell mounting and activation apparatus and method
Scott Joseph Thorne, Allston, MA (US); Patrick Lloyd Murphy, Cambridge, MA (US); and Michael Joseph Murray, West Roxbury, MA (US)
Assigned to SimpliSafe, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by SimpliSafe, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/439,792.
Application 18/439,792 is a continuation of application No. 17/672,761, filed on Feb. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,941,973.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/151,231, filed on Feb. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0185692 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 3/02 (2006.01); F16M 11/00 (2006.01); F16M 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 3/02 (2013.01) [F16M 11/00 (2013.01); F16M 13/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A doorbell comprising:
a mount to attach the doorbell on a surface; and
a housing separable from the mount and having a switch to operate the doorbell,
wherein the housing and the mount are configured to engage at corresponding first portions of the housing and the mount with the housing at a first position relative to the mount, and being pivotally movable relative to the mount from the first position to a second position at which the housing is secured to the mount, the housing being removably engaged by the corresponding first portions at the first position, and the housing being unremovable from the mount absent movement from the second position.