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Swimming pool float-alarm
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-06-30
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Granted: 1966-09-27
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Expires: 1984-06-30
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward P White
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 14:15
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08B; G08B21/00; G08B21/02; G08B21/08; G08B21/084
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A SELF-CONTAINED SWIMMING POOL FLOAT-ALARM COMPRISING A PERMANENTLY CLOSED, DISC-SHAPED, HOLLOW FLOAT BODY HAVING ON THE UPPER SIDE A CENTRALLY DISPOSED PROTRUSION PRESENTING AN UPSTANDING CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL IN SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE MARGIN OF SAID FLOAT BODY, A CUP-SHAPED CIRCUIT SUPPORT MEMBER DISPOSED IN INVERTED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID FLOAT BODY WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SIDE WALL THEREOF IN FRICTIONAL SLIDABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIDE WALL OF SAID PROTRUSION, AN ALARM CIRCUIT ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID CUPSHAPED CIRCUIT SUPPORT, SAID ALARM CIRCUIT COMPRISING A BATTERY FOR PROVIDING ELECTRIC POWER, AN ELECTRICALLY-ACTUATED ALARM AND A CIRCUIT FOR ACTUATING SAID ALARM FROM SAID BATTERY, SAID CIRCUIT INCLUDING A TILT-ACTUATED SWITCH THAT NORMALLY IS MAINTAINED INOPEN POSITION AND THAT IS ADAPTED AND ARRANGED TO BECOME CLOSED TO COMPLETE SAID CIRCUIT WHEN SAID FLOAT BODY IS TILTED, AND A CUP-SHAPED COVER OVERLYING SAID ALARM CIRCUIT IN INVERTED RELATION THERETO, WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SIDE WALL THEREOF IN FRICTIONAL SLIDABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EXTERIOR OF THE SIDE WALL OF SAID CUP-SHAPED ALARM CIRCUIT SUPPORT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
A SELF-CONTAINED SWIMMING POOL FLOAT-ALARM COMPRISING A PERMANENTLY CLOSED, DISC-SHAPED, HOLLOW FLOAT BODY HAVING ON THE UPPER SIDE A CENTRALLY DISPOSED PROTRUSION PRESENTING AN UPSTANDING CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL IN SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE MARGIN OF SAID FLOAT BODY, A CUP-SHAPED CIRCUIT SUPPORT MEMBER DISPOSED IN INVERTED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID FLOAT BODY WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SIDE WALL THEREOF IN FRICTIONAL SLIDABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIDE WALL OF SAID PROTRUSION, AN ALARM CIRCUIT ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID CUPSHAPED CIRCUIT SUPPORT, SAID ALARM CIRCUIT COMPRISING A BATTERY FOR PROVIDING ELECTRIC POWER, AN ELECTRICALLY-ACTUATED ALARM AND A CIRCUIT FOR ACTUATING SAID ALARM FROM SAID BATTERY, SAID CIRCUIT INCLUDING A TILT-ACTUATED SWITCH THAT NORMALLY IS MAINTAINED INOPEN POSITION AND THAT IS ADAPTED AND ARRANGED TO BECOME CLOSED TO COMPLETE SAID CIRCUIT WHEN SAID FLOAT BODY IS TILTED, AND A CUP-SHAPED COVER OVERLYING SAID ALARM CIRCUIT IN INVERTED RELATION THERETO, WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SIDE WALL THEREOF IN FRICTIONAL SLIDABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EXTERIOR OF THE SIDE WALL OF SAID CUP-SHAPED ALARM CIRCUIT SUPPORT.
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