Door alarm with flexible switch actuator
OwnerJesse Bartainventor
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Abstract
The alarm mechanism is electrically operated and includes an electrical switch having an arm which projects beyond the alarm's housing. The arm is semi-rigid and flexible such that it may be engaged to actuate the switch yet will deflect to one side to permit passage of a door engaged therewith during opening. The housing is mounted on a wall immediately adjacent to the door with the arm extending along side the door. Upon opening the door, the arm is engaged thereby sounding the alarm. The housing is frictionally and rotationally mounted on the wall such that it may be swung to a position in which the arm is moved out of interfering or engageable relation with the door.
Claims14
A door alarm comprising a support, an electrical alarm device carried by said support and including an elongated actuating arm that projects laterally beyond said support, said arm being movable between two spaced positions for actuating and deactuating, respectively, said alarm, said arm having a degree of flexibility whereby transverse engagement therewith by a door will deflect it to one side while moving it between said positions, and means mounting said support on a stationary object for movement between and holding said support in arming and disarming positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.