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01 Summary

Snap-fit sensor bracket

Inventors: Sample Inventor A, Sample Inventor B · Prepared 16 Oct 2026

A bracket that holds a cylindrical sensor without screws. Pressing one tab releases the sensor. Two small tabs stop it rattling.

Field technicians swap sensors on poles and ceilings. Screw mounts take two hands and a tool, often on a ladder.

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Mount the base plate 10 with two screws, once.
Push the sensor into the cradle 12 until the retention tabs 16 click over it.
To remove it, press the release tab 14. The right arm flexes out and the sensor lifts free.

Your attorney will ask about these dates first.

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Searched: published US patents and applications, full text, Jan 2000 to Oct 2026, using terms built from parts 14 to 18.

Not searched: foreign patents, research papers, products already on sale.

14 One-finger release

Sample A · published patent
“A flexible tab engages the module edge and releases under finger pressure.”
Described in a source

16 No rattle

Sample B · published application
“Opposed detents retain the housing against vibration.”
Partly: one detent per side, not two tabs on one arm

18 Three sizes, one cradle

Not found in what we searched.

Illustrative text, not real patents. PatentSmart shows you what’s published. Whether your invention can be patented is your attorney’s call.

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Does Sample A’s tab already cover our release, or does one-finger, no-tool removal matter?
Is fitting three sensor sizes in one cradle worth describing on its own?
We showed it publicly on 12 Mar 2026. What does that mean for our timing?
Should the metal spring-arm version be described too?

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