Three button control station disabler
OwnerNicholas P. Vonainventor
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Abstract
A disabler cover plate includes a generally flat longitudinal surface, an upper hook extending approximately 90° from a top of an underside of the flat longitudinal surface, a lower hook extending approximately 90° from a bottom of the underside of the flat longitudinal surface, and a bump out on the underside of the flat longitudinal surface, the bump out positioned to depress and maintain pressure on a button on a face of a PBS-3 fixture.
Claims10
A disabler cover plate for a three button control station (PBS-3) fixture, the PBS-3 fixture comprising:
- a face including an open button, a close button, and a stop button, the disabler cover plate including:
- a generally flat longitudinal surface;
- an upper hook extending approximately 90° from a top of an underside of the flat longitudinal surface, the upper hook comprising a first inward-facing flange;
- a lower hook extending approximately 90° from a bottom of the underside of the flat longitudinal surface, the lower hook comprising a second inward-facing flange opposing the first inward-facing flange;
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- a bump out on the underside of the flat longitudinal surface, the bump out positioned to depress and maintain pressure on the stop button on the face of the PBS-3 fixture, wherein the first and second flanges engage a first end and a second end, respectively, of the PBS-3 fixture in order to releasably retain the cover plate thereon, and wherein the flat longitudinal surface is dimensioned to cover the open button and the close button when the stop button is depressed by the bump out.
A disabler cover plate apparatus for a three button control station (PBS-3) fixture, the PBS-3 fixture comprising:
- a face including an open button, a close button, and a stop button, and the disabler cover plate apparatus including a releasably snap over the PBS-3 fixture and depress and maintain pressure on the stop button, the disabler cover plate apparatus including:
- a generally flat longitudinal surface;
- an upper hook extending from an underside of the flat longitudinal surface, the upper hook configured to releasably engage an upper end of the PBS-3 fixture;
- a lower hook extending from an underside of the flat longitudinal surface opposing the upper hook, the lower hook configured to releasably engage a lower end of the PBS-3 fixture;
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- a bump out on the underside of the flat longitudinal surface, the bump out positioned to depress and maintain the stop button in a depressed position, wherein the flat longitudinal surface is dimensioned to cover the open button and the close button when the stop button is depressed by the bump out.
A disabler plate for a three button control station PBS-3 fixture, the PBS-3 fixture including an open button, a close button, and a stop button, and first and second fixture ends, the disabler plate comprising:
- an elongated planar member having first and second plate ends, and dimensioned to cover the face of the PBS-3 fixture including the open button, the close button, and the stop button;
- a protrusion extending from an underside of the planar member;
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- first and second hook arms extending downward from the first and second plate ends, respectively, the first and second hook arms configured to engage with the first and second fixture ends to retain the disabler plate on the PBS-3 fixture such that the protrusion engages the stop button and maintains the stop button in a depressed position, wherein the elongated planar member is dimensioned to cover the open button and the close button when the stop button is depressed by the protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.