Patent ID: 6032867
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G05D

Abstract:
An installed reduced profile programmable thermostat comprising:(a) a cover plate and circuit board assembly comprising a cover plate and at least one circuit board;(b) a backside of the cover plate being integral with and functionally adjacent to a front side of a first circuit board comprising thermostatic control circuit elements, such backside of the cover plate having top and side edges that are adapted to extend substantially beyond top and side edges of the first circuit board, such further extension of the backside of the cover plate top and side edges further adapted to supportively engage and oppose a mounting wall; and(c) a thermostat opening formed in a substantially flat mounting wall with an outside surface, the further extension of the backside of the cover plate top and side edges supportively pressed by support means to the outside surface adjacent to the thermostat opening such that a front side of the cover plate displays at least one or more aspects of the programmable thermostat and visually covers the thermostat opening and the first circuit board is located behind the plane of the outside surface.