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US 7,000,958 B2Granted
Assist device for a door handle and latch assembly
OwnerGilbert Garza, Lisamarie Garzainventors
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Abstract
An assist device for a door handle comprises an elongated bar which has one end pivoting about a pivot pin and another end receiving a pivot piece therein. The parts interact to produce a tight looking, attractive, easy-to-assemble, and sturdy device with no sharp projecting parts.
Claims10
An assist device for a door handle , said assist device comprising:
- an elongated bar;
- one end of said bar constructed and arranged to pivot about a pivot means;
- the other end of said bar constructed and arranged to receive a piece therein;
- wherein said piece is attached to said handle, projects outwardly from said handle, in use is immovable relative to said handle, and is not as wide as said handle;
- the engagement of the piece and the handle creating stop surfaces for the bar as said piece is introduced into the bar;
- and wherein said pivot means secures said bar to a u-shaped bracket.
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An assist device for a door handle, said assist device comprising;
- an elongated bar;
- one end of said bar constructed and arranged to pivot about a pivot means;
- the other end of said bar constructed and arranged to receive a piece therein;
- wherein said piece is attached to said handle, projects outwardly from said handle, in use is immovable relative to said handle, and is not as wide as said handle;
- the
- engagement of the piece and the handle creating stop surfaces for the bar as said piece is introduced into the bar;
- and wherein said piece is sturdily secured to said handle with two nuts and bolts.
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An assist device for a door handle, said assist device comprising:
- an elongated bar;
- one end of said bar constructed and arranged to pivot about a pivot means;
- the other end of said bar constructed and arranged to receive a piece;
- said piece not as wide as said handle, projecting from said handle, fastened to said handle and in use immovable relative to said handle;
- the engagement of the piece and handle creating stop surfaces for the bar as the piece is introduced into the bar;
- and
- said pivot means secures a bar end to a u-shaped bracket.
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An assist device for a door handle, said assist device comprising:
- an elongated hollow bar;
- one end of said bar constructed and arranged to pivot about a pivot pin;
- the other end of said bar constructed and arranged to receive a piece therein;
- said pivot pin securing said bar to a u-shaped bracket;
- said pivot pin comprising a long inside threaded hollow bolt which passes through a top part of said bar and a top part of said bracket, and a short outside threaded bolt screwed into said long bolt;
- said piece secured to said handle by two nuts and two bolts, projects from said handle and is not as wide as said handle;
- the engagement of the piece and handle creating stop surfaces for the bar as the piece is introduced into the bar;
- said piece, bracket and bar being substantially axially aligned along a longitudinal axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.