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Abstract

A room security system for providing an occupant of a room information as to the number of times a person has entered and exited the room. The security system displays a visual numerical count. The numerical count allows a viewer to determine if there has been an unauthorized entry and exit when the room has been thought to be unoccupied. The security system includes a counter housing for mounting on a door frame. The door frame surrounding a door. The counter housing includes a housing window opening in a front of the housing. Also, the counter housing includes a mechanical counter received therein. The counter is incased inside the housing using an epoxy filler material to prevent the counter from being removed, reset or tampered with while installed inside the housing. The mechanical counter includes a display window with a series of counter numbers. The counter also includes an outwardly extending trigger. When the trigger is depressed and released, the counter numbers are advanced by a count of 'one'. The security system also includes a 'L' shaped trigger plate. The trigger plate has a horizontal mounting base and an upwardly extending vertical bracket. The mounting base is adapted for attaching to a portion of the door. The bracket includes a bracket opening which is indexed with the counter display window opening when the door is closed. Also, a portion of the bracket is used to engage an end of the trigger and depress the trigger.

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