Light for keypad bezel
AssigneeSargent & Greenleaf, Inc.
InventorsMichael Robert Clark, George Marshall Horne, Steven L. Worm, Alan C. Billings
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Abstract
A lock assembly for securing a container having an interior region is provided. In one illustrative embodiment, the lock assembly includes a keypad having a plurality of buttons on a first surface of the keypad, a light-emitting diode, and a bezel surrounding at least a portion of the keypad. The bezel includes a reflective surface positioned to reflect a light from the light-emitting diode, the reflected light illuminating the plurality of buttons.
Claims21
A lock assembly for securing a container having an interior region, the lock assembly including:
- a keypad having a plurality of buttons on a first surface of the keypad;
- a light-emitting device;
- and
- a bezel surrounding at least a portion of the keypad and including a reflective surface positioned to reflect a light from the light-emitting device, the reflected light illuminating the plurality of buttons.
A lock assembly for securing a container having an interior region, the lock assembly including:
- a keypad having a plurality of buttons;
- a light-emitting device;
- and
- a bezel surrounding at least a portion of the keypad and including a corrugated surface positioned to reflect a light from the light-emitting device, the light reflected from the corrugated surface illuminating the plurality of buttons.
A keypad for a lock assembly, the keypad including:
- a plurality of buttons;
- a bezel surrounding at least a portion of the plurality of buttons;
- and
- means for indirectly illuminating the plurality of buttons.
A lock assembly for securing a container having an interior region, the lock assembly including:
- a keypad having a plurality of buttons on a first surface of the keypad;
- a light-emitting device;
- circuitry supporting the light-emitting device, and
- a bezel positioned over the light-emitting device to shield at least one of the light-emitting device and the circuitry from electro static discharge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.