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US 2012/0199228 A1Published application
Sentinel Event Reducing Safety Knobs
OwnerPatrick E. Kellerinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed herein a suicide prevention door handle and shower handle wherein each is designed to eliminate any area or structure that could be used to hold a belt, piece of clothing or the like as an aid in committing suicide by hanging. In each case, the safety knob comprises a tapered rose member or faceplate along with a cylinder wedge assembly or handle.
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A safety knob adapted to activate a shower valve comprising:
- a faceplate having a tapered outer surface and an internal chamber, and
- a control member disposed within said internal chamber and communicating with the shower valve,
- wherein the safety knob does not provide a knob surface suitable for use as a hanging platform.
A safety shower valve control device comprising:
- an outer body having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end being adapted for connection to a water valve;
- a said outer body having a tapered outer surface extending from said proximal end to said distal end;
- an internal chamber in said outer body,
- an internal member located in said internal chamber, said internal member having a cavity therein and a rim which is flush with said outer body, and
- a handle member located in said cavity, the configuration of the handle member, the internal member and the outer body being such that there is no hanging point.
- a mixing handle mounted in the recess in the body, the configuration of the mixing handle being such that the assembly does not have a hanging point.
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A safety shower valve control device comprising:
- an outer rose member having a tapered external surface and an internal chamber,
- an inner rose chamber in said internal chamber, said inner rose member having a recess therein, and
- a handle member located in said cavity,
- wherein said control device does not have a hanging point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.