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US 10,503,213 B2Granted
Remote control device
AssigneeHunter Douglas Inc.
InventorsRonald R. Kass, Douglas J. Barr, Joseph E. Kovach, Kevin M. Dann, David J. Parrett, Clark Brace, Fred Bould, Jaime Caso, Jeremy Wolf
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Abstract
A remote control device and a method of assembly are provided. The remote control device may include a control unit and a holder. The holder may define a cavity that opens through a surface of the holder. The control unit may be seated in the cavity through the opening in the surface of the holder and recessed relative to the surface of the holder.
Claims18
A remote control device comprising:
- a control unit;
- and
- a holder including a cavity, the control unit is configured for insertion into the cavity of the holder;
- wherein the control unit and the cavity formed in the holder have complementary shapes, the control unit includes control unit retention features and a side wall of the cavity formed in the holder includes corresponding holder retention features, each of the control unit retention features being contoured to engage with one of the holder retention features to prevent relative rotation of the control unit and the holder when the control unit is seated within the cavity of the holder and the corresponding control unit and holder retention features are engaged with each other;
- and
- wherein the holder has an asymmetrical ergonomically exterior shape arranged and configured to facilitate single-handed use of the remote control device.
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A method of assembling a remote control device including a control unit and a holder including a cavity, the method comprising:
- aligning the control unit with the cavity formed in the holder so that the control unit is orientated in a desired position relative to the cavity formed in the holder;
- and
- inserting the control unit into the cavity formed in the holder to engage control unit retention features with holder retention features to retain the control unit within the cavity of the holder;
- wherein engagement of the control unit retention features with the holder retention features prevent relative rotation of the control unit with respect to the holder;
- and
- wherein the holder has an asymmetrical exterior shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.