Patent ID: 7990280

Claim:
An exit alarm escutcheon system for a door latch assembly for a door, the door having an interior side, the latch assembly including an interior latch operator and an associated spindle operatively connected to a latch, the exit alarm escutcheon system comprising: a housing of unitary construction having a substantially open side adapted to be mounted to the interior side of the door without extending into the door, wherein the housing has an interior, and wherein the housing and a plane across the substantially open side of the housing define a volume that is the interior of the housing; an alarm disposed within the interior of the housing; and a trigger disposed within the interior of the housing and adapted to be actuated by movement of the interior latch operator and the associated spindle, and not by movement of an exterior latch operator or a lock, regardless of whether the exterior latch operator is locked, wherein actuation of the trigger causes a signal to be sent to the alarm to put the alarm into operation.