Patent ID: 7204050
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: E05B,G09F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An illuminated exit device comprising: a door latch mechanism; a base for attachment to a surface of a door; an actuator movably mounted relative to the base and connected to operate the door latch mechanism when pressure is applied to the actuator by a person desiring to operate the exit device; a planar electroluminescent illuminator including electrical wiring extending through the exit device for connection to a source of electrical power; a planar sign including opaque portions for blocking illumination from the electroluminescent illuminator, the sign being mounted in front of the electroluminescent illuminator; a transparent protective cover mounted in front of the sign, the illuminator, sign and covering plate forming a sign assembly visibly mounted on the exit device; and a touchpad mounted on the actuator, the touchpad including a surface cavity in a surface thereof and the surface cavity including a plurality of openings, the transparent cover including a plurality of tabs, whereby the sign assembly is held in the surface cavity by engagement between the tabs of the transparent cover and the openings in the surface cavity.