ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,569, issued on Sept. 2.
"Pull station housing" was invented by Louis J Finkle (Lakewood, Ukraine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention comprises a pull station housing. A baseplate of the pull station housing may be attached to a surface. A frame may be removably attached to the baseplate and may form a perimeter around an alarm pull station. A housing magnet may be attached to the frame. A cover may be hingedly attached to the frame and may be separated from the baseplate by at least the frame. The cover may cover at least one side of the alarm pull station. A cover magnet of opposite polarity than the housing magnet ...