US 12,258,781 B2
Device and method for integrated hands-free door handle
Etienne Sauret, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by Etienne Sauret, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/083,799.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/290,664, filed on Dec. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0193653 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 1/00 (2006.01); E05C 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 1/0053 (2013.01) [E05C 1/16 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for opening a door, the device comprising:
a door latch activator configured to disengage a door latch from a door frame;
a door handle coupled to the door latch activator and configured to activate the door latch activator to disengage the door latch from the door frame;
a movable plunger having a first end coupled to the door latch activator, the movable plunder configured to move up and down with respect to the door, and the movable plunger configured to activate the door latch activator to disengage the door latch from the door frame when the movable plunger is moved down; and
an arm rest coupled to a second end of the plunger, the second end being opposite the first end, the arm rest including a base region configured to receive a downward force from a user to engage the plunger, the base region forming an upward facing curve adapted to receive the downward force from a forearm of the user.