Patent ID: 7791496
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. An alarm notification device comprising: a base with a plurality of wire receiving terminals and a plurality of unit engaging contacts, each terminal is coupled to a respective contact; an alarm unit, the unit releasably engages the base and is electrically coupled to at least some of the terminals via the contacts when engaged; the alarm unit is movable along an axis that intersects the base, the alarm unit includes at least an audible output transducer; and said base carries a structure adjustable to a first orientation wherein said structure when in said first orientation short circuits a pair of terminals of said plurality of terminals to check system wiring, said structure is adjustable to a second orientation wherein in said second orientation said pair of terminals exhibits an open circuit with said structure, wherein the structure is in said second orientation responsive to the unit being removed from the base.