Patent ID: 7566830

Claim:
An alarm device housing adapted to be mounted adjacent to a ceiling, said housing being configured to enclose a detector and an alarm responsive to said detector, said housing comprising: a hollow body having an upper circumferential edge and a lower circumferential edge, said hollow body having an inner surface facing an inner space defined within said hollow body, said lower circumferential edge defining an aperture to allow passage of a cord into said inner space; and a plurality of elastically bendable, elongate members, each having a length exceeding the width of said aperture and each having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal ends of said elastically bendable, elongate members being located at said inner surface of said hollow body above said aperture, said plurality of elastically bendable, elongate members being oriented pointing to said aperture, and said distal ends of said plurality of elastically bendable, elongate members defining a free opening therebetween that is smaller than said aperture, said distal ends of said plurality of elastically bendable, elongate members being configured to engage the surface of a cord extending from a ceiling so as to support said alarm device when said alarm device housing is mounted adjacent to said ceiling.