Smoke detector housing and surface mount
AssigneeSimpliSafe, Inc.
InventorsChaim Carmiel Futran, Scott Joseph Thorne, Dirk Ahlgrim
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Abstract
A smoke detector includes detector mount that can define a cavity into which air can flow to a detector component of a detector body engaged with the detector mount. The detector mount can include a base, e.g., that defines a cavity into which air can flow and/or into which a portion of the detector body can extend, and an intermediate component that can removably engage with both the base and the detector body so the base is engaged with the detector body via the intermediate component. The intermediate component can include fins or other features to direct air flow in the cavity to one or more portions of the detector body.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- permitting air flow into a space defined by a detector mount base and an intermediate component via openings in a sidewall of the detector mount base, the detector mount base configured to be secured to a surface and to support a smoke detector on the surface;
- directing air flow in the space toward a detector component of a detector body using fins of the intermediate component, the intermediate component being positioned between the detector mount base and the detector body;
- permitting air flow from the space to the detector component of the detector body;
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- detecting an environmental condition based on the air flow from the space to the detector component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.