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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
Mark D. Hall, Springville, UT (US);
Clint Cook, American Fork, UT (US);
Davido Hyer, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Joe Fox, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Jedediah Knight, Provo, UT (US);
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
Mark D. Hall, Springville, UT (US);
Clint Cook, American Fork, UT (US);
Davido Hyer, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Joe Fox, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Jedediah Knight, Provo, UT (US);
Hall Labs LLC, Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed that includes a battery-powered wireless switch and a switch dock. The switch includes a microcontroller, a short range wireless transmitter, and one or more tactile control buttons. Additionally, the switch includes one or more docking prongs. Each docking prong is contained within a groove in a switch back, with pivot pins through one end of each docking prong perpendicular to a prong longitudinal axis and parallel to the switch back. The switch also includes flexible strips coupled to the same end of each docking prong as the pivot pins, and a prong extender button coupled to the flexible strips. The dock includes one or more docking prong slots, where the number of slots matches the number of prongs. The prongs fit in the slots to mount the switch to the dock.