Patent ID: 8314517

Claim:
A wall mountable electric timer for switching power to a load between an “on” state and an “off” state in accordance with a programmable schedule, the wall mountable electric timer comprising: a housing having a front, a back and side walls extending between the front and the back, the housing configured to be mountable to a wall with the back situated toward the wall and the front facing away from the wall; at least one memory for storing a programmable schedule and one or more controller settings; a controller coupled to the at least one memory for controlling the switching of power to a load between an “on” state and an “off” state in accordance with the programmable schedule; a user interface situated on the front of the housing and coupled to the controller, the user interface including a display, a first button, and a second button; the controller is programmed such that a user can program the programmable schedule and the one or more controller settings by interacting with only the first button and the second button; wherein the controller has an operating mode and a setup mode; wherein in the operating mode, depressing the first button causes the controller to switch power to the load between the “on” state and the “off” state; and wherein in the operating mode, depressing the first button for an extended period of time causes the controller to enter the setup mode.