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Grommet for ceiling fan pull chain switch

Patent 6010110 Issued on January 4, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 4, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 128813 filed on 08/04/1998

US Classes:

248/694, MISCELLANEOUS200/296, Panel200/543Pull cord

Examiners

Primary: Braun, Leslie A.
Assistant: King, Anita M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

H10H 009/02

Abstract

A pull chain switch grommet for aesthetically covering the hole in the switch housing of a ceiling fan, comprising a switch housing having a wall with a hole therethrough for a pull chain, a coupler, a means for securing said coupler to the pull chain switch, a means for securing the grommet to the coupler through the hole within the wall of the switch housing, and the coupler and the grommet each including a longitudinal hole therethrough through which is positioned the pull chain of the switch.

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