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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:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas G. Xydis, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Lamson & Sessions Co., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 3/00 ;
Abstract
A doorbell system having a sound memory for storing and playing a CD quality doorbell sound is disclosed. Said doorbell system includes a receiver unit for receiving an indication of a doorbell button being pressed, a code detector for commanding the sound memory to output stored sound signals and sound producing means for outputting a CD quality sound. Also disclosed is a method for storing a CD quality sound into a doorbell system.