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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1996
Filed:
May. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lee A Johnson, Lawrence, KS (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340692 ; 340326 ; 340330 ;
Abstract
A door bell system presents a normal door bell alarm with an alternative speech record/playback assembly. Upon depression of the exterior button extending through an exterior housing adjacent a building entrance the system with either energize the door bell or urge the visitor to leave a recorded message for subsequent playback. The door bell and/or record modes are selected by the user by a switch located within an interior housing mounted adjacent a building entrance. The housings include the appropriate components and wiring to provide the door bell and record/playback functions.