Patent ID: 6644617
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: G08B,H02G

Abstract:
In an assembly for releasably coupling a suspended first subassembly to a secured second subassembly secured to a room's ceiling which is out of a reach of a person's outstretched arms when the person is standing on the room's floor, the improvement comprising,the suspended subassembly and the secured subassembly being registrable and removably couplable, one with the other, by the person without manually directly contacting either; the secured second subassembly comprising, a base fixedly secured to the ceiling or other overhead location, the base having walls directed generally downward, and, a first portion of a coupling means included within the walls of the base; the suspended first subassembly comprising, a mounting member having a generally planar floor; a second portion of the coupling means included within the mounting member; and, rod-accepting means integrally formed with the mounting member, the rod-accepting means being adapted to coact with one end of an elongated rod means, wherein the rod-accepting means is a rod-attachment means selected from a socket and a protrusion, and the coupling means comprises inclined walls on the base and correspondingly inclined walls on the mount so that the walls are tightly interfitted with a press fit of their respective inclined surfaces overlying one with the other when the suspended subassembly is coupled with the secured subassembly.