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US 8,740,266 B2Granted
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.
Claims6
A safety knob mechanism suitable for installation on a door, the safety knob mechanism comprising:
- an inner safety knob that includes a first external rose member, said first rose member having a tapered external surface comprising a truncated cone, said rose member including a flat surface directly joined to said tapered external surface of said first rose member at an angle relative to said tapered surface, said flat surface adapted to be mounted flush with an external surface on a door;
- an outer safety knob distal from said inner safety knob that includes a second external rose member, said second rose member having a tapered external surface, said rose member including a flat surface directly joined to said tapered external surface of said first rose member at an angle relative to said tapered surface, said flat surface adapted to be mounted flush with an external surface on a door;
- each of said inner safety knob and said outer safety knob having an internal chamber which contains said latch activating mechanism,
- each safety knob providing a knob surface which is not suitable for use as a hanging platform;
- and
- a latching mechanism located between said inner and outer safety knobs, wherein said inner and outer safety knobs each has a latch activating member which does not require a key and which is coupled to said latching mechanism.
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A suicide reduction safety knob mechanism suitable for installation on a door, comprising:
- a first safety knob adapted to be placed on a first side of a door;
- a second safety knob adapted to be placed on a second side of a door;
- each of said first and said second safety knobs having a tapered external surface comprising a truncated cone which is directly joined to a flat surface at an angle relative to said tapered surface, said flat surface being adapted to be mounted flush with an external surface on a door;
- a latching mechanism located between said safety knobs;
- and
- a latch activating member which does not require a key and which is coupled to said latching mechanism, said safety knobs being free of hanging points.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.