Push-action door release device and method of installing the same

A push-action door release device comprising a pivot bar having first and second opposite ends and an actuator extending transversely therefrom,

• the first end of the pivot bar being received within a first mounting bracket and being pivotably connected thereto by a first removable pivot pin, the second end of the pivot bar being received within a second mounting bracket and being pivotably connected thereto by a second removable pivot pin, the mounting brackets being dimensioned and configured (i) to be secured to a door having a latch handle to position the pivot bar substantially parallel to the door with one end of the pivot bar disposed adjacent to the latch handle and unpinned from its associated mounting bracket to constitute that end as the active end of the pivot bar, and the other end of the pivot bar being connected by its associated pivot pin to its associated mounting bracket to constitute that end as the fixed end of the pivot bar, (ii) to thereby define an operational travel path of the active end of the pivot bar within its associated mounting bracket between a neutral position and a handle release position, the travel path being confined within the mounting bracket within which the active end is received;
• the actuator being selectively mountable in at least two different positions axially along the pivot bar and being dimensioned and configured to engage and operate the latch handle of such door when the actuator is affixed to the pivot bar and the active end of the pivot bar is caused to travel along its operational travel path to the handle release position by pivoting the fixed end of the pivot bar about its associated pivot pin.

A push-action door release device comprising a pivot bar having first and second opposite ends,

• the first end of the pivot bar being pivotably connectable to a first mounting bracket by a first removable pivot pin, the second end of the pivot bar being pivotably connectable to a second mounting bracket by a second removable pivot pin, the mounting brackets being dimensioned and configured (i) to receive therewithin the respective end of the pivot bar associated therewith and, (ii) to be secured to a door having a latch handle to position the pivot bar substantially parallel to the door with one end of the pivot bar disposed adjacent to the latch handle, the opposite ends of the pivot bar and their respective mounting brackets being similarly dimensioned and configured whereby (iii) either end of the pivot bar may be positioned adjacent to the latch handle and, when unpinned from its associated mounting bracket, freed to serve as the active end of the pivot bar, and (iv) the other end of the pivot bar, when pinned to its associated mounting bracket, is connected thereto to serve as the fixed end of the pivot bar;
• the release device being dimensioned and configured to engage and operate the latch handle of such door when the pivot bar is pivoted about its fixed end to move the active end of the pivot bar along a travel path confined within its associated mounting bracket and sufficiently to operate the latch handle.