Patent ID: 7600299

Claim:
An assembly for mounting a device to one side of a door, pane, wall, or panel comprising: a low-profile fastener pad comprising a relatively thin body having a perimeter, a thickness between proximal and distal sides, and an aperture through the thickness; a mounting portion of a device comprising a proximal side having a perimeter and a receiver extending a depth into the mounting portion from the proximal side; a fastener comprising a head with a width greater than the aperture of the fastener pad and a thickness on the same order of size as the thickness of the fastener pad and comprising a shaft with a width less than the aperture of the fastener pad and a length substantially greater than the thickness of the fastener pad; a cover member adapted to be mounted over the head of the fastener on the distal side of the mounting pad when the fastener shaft is passed through the fastener pad aperture and the fastener head is at the fastener pad distal side, the cover member comprising an escutcheon having a thickness on the same order or less than the thickness of the fastener pad.