Patent ID: 7825801

Claim:
A security assembly adapted for protecting a door mounted adjacent a doorway and movable between open and closed positions, said security assembly comprising: at least one switch assembly adapted to be mounted on one of said door and doorway and comprising: a switch member including a first switch element, a second switch element in spaced relationship to the first element, and an electrically conductive body shiftable between a first body position in contact with the first and second switch elements and defining a first switch state, and a second body position out of said simultaneous contact with the first and second switch elements and defining a second switch state; a shiftable component proximal to said switch member and movable between first and second component positions, said component and switch member body being magnetically coupled such that movement of the component between said first and second component positions effects corresponding movement of said body between the body positions in order to change the state of said switch member; an alarm controller; and circuitry operably coupling said at least one switch member and said alarm controller in order to initiate an alarm upon unauthorized opening of said door, said switch member oriented such that upon said unauthorized opening of said door, said component is shifted between the component positions thereof, said switch member changes state, and said controller is actuated.