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US 12,618,267 B1Granted
Interactive door knob
OwnerEdmond Wallace, Miguel Vasquezinventors
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Abstract
A door knob assembly that provides an interactive visual and aural assembly familiar to a room occupant and that responds to variations in the manner of rotation of the knob in a plurality of responses, depending on the direction and rate of rotation applied to the knob, providing messages appropriate to the entertainment, safety and/or training of the knob operator and/or room occupant.
Claims8
A door knob assembly comprising;
- one or more knobs;
- a spindle or shaft connected to said one or more knobs, said spindle extending through a deadlatch mechanism for door latch actuation;
- knob rotation sensing components coupled to said spindle, said knob rotation sensing components comprised of two tilt switch sensors plus electronics components capable of determining the rate of rotation of said knob based on the difference in time in activation of each said tilt switch sensor;
- and
- a power source.
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