Patent ID: 7526934

Claim:
A security system for providing security between a locking system at an access point having first and second exterior surfaces and a door face that extends between a first substantially linear edge of the first exterior surface and a second substantially linear edge of the second exterior surface and defines a third exterior surface, wireless access control electronics mounted exteriorly on the first exterior surface configured to communicate with systems external to the access point, and an access reader control mounted exteriorly on the second exterior surface, said security system including: a reader line connecting the wireless access control electronics to the access reader control; a passage positioned interiorly between the first and second exterior surfaces of the access point, and shielding at least a portion of the reader line; a channel formed in the door face and defining an opening at the door face and a bottom surface; a control line shield separate from and attached to the door face and covering the opening, the control line shield and the channel cooperating to define a control line space; a control line coupling and extending between the locking system and the wireless access control electronics, and at least a portion of the control line being positioned within the control line space where the portion of the control line in the control line space is outside of the bottom surface and is positioned between the bottom surface and the control line shield, said control line relaying control signals from the wireless access control electronics to said locking system; and an electric lock in said locking system, said electric lock able to perform both a locking operation and an unlocking operation, wherein said electric lock performs one of a locking operation and an unlocking operation in response to said control signals, wherein said access reader control reads access information using a proximity reader to determine said control signals to be transmitted to said electric lock; and wherein the wireless access control electronics generate the control signals based on access signals wirelessly received from a system external to the access point.