Lockset status indicator

A thumb turn assembly for a trim assembly having a lockset, the thumb turn assembly comprising:

• a thumb turn body configured for a displacement between a first orientation and a second orientation, the first orientation associated with a bolt of the lockset being in an unlocked position, the second orientation associated with the bolt being in a locked position;
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• an optical system coupled to the thumb turn body, at least a portion of the optical system being displaced with the displacement of the thumb turn body, the optical system configured to transmit an illumination from or through the thumb turn body to visually communicate an illuminated indication of at least the thumb turn body being in at least one of the first orientation and the second orientation;
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• wherein the optical system comprises a light pipe and a light diffuser, the light pipe positioned to transmit at least a portion of the illumination from an illumination source to the light diffuser.

An assembly, comprising:

• a lockset having a bolt that is displaceable between a locked position and an unlocked position;
• a thumb turn body coupled to the bolt, the thumb turn body being at a first orientation when the bolt is at the unlocked position, the thumb turn body being at a second orientation when the bolt is at the locked position, the first orientation being different than the second orientation;
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• an optical system coupled to the thumb turn body, the optical system including a light diffuser and a light pipe, the light diffuser and the light pipe being coupled to, and rotatably displaceable with the thumb turn body, the optical system configured to transmit an illumination that visually indicates the thumb turn body being in at least one of the first orientation and the second orientation.

A system for providing a visual indication of a bolt of a lockset being in either an unlocked position or a locked position, the system comprising:

• a thumb turn assembly comprising a thumb turn and an optical system;
• the thumb turn being displaceable between a first orientation and a second orientation, the first orientation indicative of the bolt being in the unlocked position, the second orientation indicative of the bolt being in the locked position;
• the optical system coupled to the thumb turn assembly with at least a portion of the optical system displaceable with displacement of the thumb turn between the first orientation and the second orientation, the optical system comprising at least one illumination source, the thumb turn assembly configured for a transmission of a light emitted by the illumination source from or through the thumb turn in a manner that visually distinguishes:
• (a) the thumb turn being in the first orientation from being in the second orientation, and/or (b) the thumb turn being in the second orientation from being in the first orientation;
• at least one processor;
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• a memory coupled with the processor, the memory including instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• generate one or more signals to facilitate an activation of at least a portion the at least one illumination source;
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• generate one or more signals to facilitate a deactivation of at least the portion of the at least one illumination source.