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US 7,654,405 B2Granted
Method and system of a detachable nose faceplate
AssigneeDirect Connect
InventorsCharles J. Provenzano, Michael Leung
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Abstract
Method and system of a detachable nose faceplate. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including orientating a faceplate having an aperture therein, orientating a detachable nose in one of a plurality of possible orientations, aligning the detachable nose with the faceplate, and attaching the detachable nose to the faceplate.
Claims27
A faceplate system comprising:
- a faceplate having a front side, a back side and a nose aperture, the faceplate configured to removably attach to a surface;
- a nose portion having a top side, a bottom side and a nose edge, the nose portion configured to removably attach to the faceplate in a first configuration such that the nose portion protrudes in the direction of the front side of the faceplate, and a second configuration such that the nose portion protrudes in the direction of the back side of the faceplate;
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- at least one passage at the base of the nose aperture and the nose edge.
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A method comprising:
- orientating a faceplate having an aperture therein;
- orientating a detachable nose such that the detachable nose protrudes in the direction of the back side of the faceplate;
- aligning the detachable nose with the faceplate;
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- attaching the detachable nose to the faceplate in the orientation where the detachable nose protrudes in the direction of the back side of the faceplate.
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A reversible nose faceplate system, comprising:
- a faceplate having a front side, a back side, and an arch shaped nose aperture, the faceplate configured to removably attach to a surface;
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- a reversible nose having a top side, a substantially concave bottom side, a nose edge, and a lip outlining a portion of the bottom side of the nose perimeter, the lip configured to attach to the faceplate in a first orientation such that the reversible nose protrudes in the direction of the front side of the faceplate, and a second orientation such that the reversible nose protrudes in the direction of the back side of the faceplate;
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- a passage formed between the base of the arch shaped nose aperture and the nose edge.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a faceplate that defines a front side, a back side and a nose aperture;
- a nose portion that defines a top side, a bottom side and a nose edge, the nose portion configured to attach to the faceplate in a first configuration where the nose extends in the direction of the front side, and a second configuration where the nose extends in the direction of the back side;
- a fastener configured to attach the nose portion to the faceplate;
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- a passage at the base of the nose aperture and the nose edge.
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A faceplate system comprising:
- a faceplate that defines a front side, a back side and a nose aperture, the faceplate configured to removably attach to a surface;
- a nose portion that defines a top side and a bottom side, the nose portion couples to the faceplate by a latch that couples over a lip, the latch configured to couple over the lip in a first configuration where the nose portion protrudes in the direction of the front side of the faceplate, and the latch configured to couple over the lip in a second configuration where the nose portion protrudes in the direction of the back side of the faceplate;
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- at least one passage defined by the nose portion and the faceplate.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a faceplate that defines a front side, a back side and a nose aperture, the faceplate configured to removably attach to a surface, wherein the back side of the faceplate is configured to abut the surface;
- a nose portion that defines a top side, a bottom side, a nose edge and a lip that outlines a portion of the bottom side of a nose perimeter, the nose portion configured to removably attach to the back side of the faceplate such that the nose portion extends in the direction of the back side of the faceplate;
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- a passage defined by the nose portion and the faceplate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.