Ceiling-Mounted Device Support, Ceiling-Mounted Device, And Method For Removing Ceiling-Mounted Device
AssigneepopIn Inc.
InventorTao Cheng
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Abstract
A ceiling-mounted device support includes an engagement portion to be engaged with an attachment portion of a ceiling-mounted device mounted on a ceiling surface of a room with an adapter, and includes a side wall having an open upper end, an open lower end, and an internal space, and a support portion having two ends connected to the side wall and extending through the space. The engagement portion is to be engaged with the attachment portion, and the support portion is supportable with a palm and grippable with digits of a hand.
Claims20
A ceiling-mounted device support, comprising:
- an engagement portion to be engaged with an attachment portion of a ceiling-mounted device mounted on a ceiling surface of a room with an adapter, the engagement portion including a side wall having an open upper end, an open lower end, and an internal space;
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- a support portion having two ends connected to the side wall and extending through the space, wherein
- the engagement portion is to be engaged with the attachment portion, and
- the support portion is supportable with a palm and grippable with digits of a hand.
A ceiling-mounted device mountable on a ceiling surface of a room with an adapter, the device comprising:
- an attachment portion to accommodate at least part of the adapter or to be located around a lower portion of the adapter,
- wherein the attachment portion is to receive a ceiling-mounted device support including an engagement portion to be engaged with the attachment portion and a support portion, the engagement portion includes a side wall having an open upper end, an open lower end, and an internal space, and the support portion has two ends connected to the side wall and extends through the space, and
- the support portion is supportable with a palm and grippable with digits of a hand.
A method for removing a ceiling-mounted device, comprising:
- engaging an engagement portion of a ceiling-mounted device support with an attachment portion of a ceiling-mounted device mounted on a ceiling surface of a room with an adapter, the ceiling-mounted device support including a side wall having an open upper end, an open lower end, and an internal space, and
- removing the ceiling-mounted device from the adapter, performed by a user, while supporting a portion of the ceiling-mounted device other than the attachment portion with one hand, placing another hand through the lower end, and placing digits of the another hand through the upper end while supporting, with the another hand, a support portion having two ends connected to the side wall and extending through the space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.