US 11,941,973 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. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/672,761.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/151,231, filed on Feb. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0270449 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
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)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A doorbell comprising:
a mount configured to be secured to a surface and support the doorbell on the surface; and
a housing having a switch attached to the housing, the housing configured to be secured to the mount such that the housing pivots relative to the mount between a rest position and an activation position, the switch being movable with the housing relative to the mount and configured to be actuated to provide an indication of actuation of the doorbell in response to movement of the housing from the rest position to the activation position.