Accessibility handle device for a domestic appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJohn Adam Yantis, Olurotimi Joaquim
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Abstract
An accessibility handle device for a domestic appliance may include a pivot. The pivot may define a handle opening. The accessibility handle device may be pivotably disposed around a door handle of the domestic appliance at the handle opening. The accessibility handle device may include a first arm. The first arm may extend from the pivot in a first direction. The accessibility handle device may include a second arm. The second arm may extend from the pivot in a second direction. The second direction may be opposite the first direction.
Claims11
An accessibility handle device for a domestic appliance comprising a door, the door comprising a door handle, the accessibility handle device comprising:
- a pivot defining a handle opening, the accessibility handle device being pivotably disposed around the door handle at the handle opening;
- a first arm extending from the pivot in a first direction, the first arm being tangential to the handle opening;
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- a second arm extending from the pivot in a second direction, the second arm being tangential to the handle opening, the second direction being opposite the first direction;
- wherein the first arm and the second arm are positioned in a parallel arrangement.
An accessibility handle device for a domestic appliance comprising a door, the door comprising a door handle, the accessibility handle device comprising:
- a pivot defining a handle opening, the handle opening having a circular cross-sectional area, the accessibility handle device being pivotably disposed around the door handle at the handle opening such that the door handle extends through the circular cross-sectional area of the handle opening;
- a first arm extending from the pivot in a first direction, the first arm being tangential to the handle opening;
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- a second arm extending from the pivot in a second direction, the second arm being tangential to the handle opening, the second direction being opposite to the first direction;
- wherein the first arm and the second arm are positioned in a parallel arrangement;
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- wherein one of the first arm or the second arm is engageable with the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.