A door knob having a handle shaped as a hockey puck. An illumination device, carried in a face of the handle is selectively illuminated by a control circuit carried within the handle. The control circuit may include a motion sensor to detect a movement of the handle or a motion in front of the device and activate the illumination device. A timer may be connected with the control circuit to deactivate the illumination device after passage of a predetermined time. The door knob may also include a sound emitter coupled to the control circuit to make a sound when the illumination device is activated or in the case without illumination to activate when a movement of the handle is detected. The sounds may be selected to correspond to a sports event, holidays, phrases, sayings or slogans.

A device is provided that includes a mount adapted to attach to a door above a door handle, and a spring-activated plunger coupled to the mount is adapted to move with respect to the mount. A door handle engager is coupled to a first end of the spring-activated plunger and adapted to engage the door handle. An arm rest is coupled to a second end of the spring-activated plunger and is adapted to be mounted in various ways. A base region of the arm rest is adapted to receive a first force from above that engages the spring-activated plunger. A vertical region of the arm rest is adapted to receive a second force to push the door open when the door opens away from a user. The vertical region is adapted to receive a third force to pull the door open when the door opens towards the user.

The present gate includes a barrier frame and a gate in the barrier frame. The gate is opened by inserting a foot into a foot opening in the gate, which action compresses springs disposed about pivot pins between the gate and the barrier frame and draws an extended latch downwardly and out of a latch receiver that is bottomless, which action unlatches and frees the gate from the barrier frame such that the gate can be swung open. Downward travel of the gate is minimized until a foot pushes a pivoting stop out of the way.

The invention relates to an oven door (10) for closing an oven cavity (2) comprising a door glass (11) being at least partially transparent for enabling a user to look into the oven cavity and a door handle (12) for opening the door, wherein the door handle (12) comprises a projection unit (13) being adapted to project light onto an projection area of the door glass (11) in order to provide a graphical display on the door glass (11) and wherein the door glass (11) is adapted to emit or reflect light towards the space in front of the oven door (11) based on the light provided by the projection unit (13) in order to provide information to a user in front of the oven door (11).

A latch assembly includes a rose, a handle rotatably coupled to the rose and rotatable around a rotation axis, and a latch. A biasing member is disposed within the rose and engaged with the latch. The biasing member being selectively connectable to the rose. When the biasing member is connected to the rose, the latch is pivotable around the rotation axis between a latched position and an unlatched position via the handle. The latch biased towards the latched position. When the biasing member is disconnected from the rose, the handle and the latch are rotatable together around the rotation axis between at least a left-handed configuration and a right-handed configuration. The biasing member connecting to the rose to secure the handle and the latch in either the left-handed configuration or the right-handed configuration.

An assist apparatus utilized within a door system to aid in opening the door. The assist apparatus may include one or more door activation devices (e.g., a first door activation device and a second door activation device, such as pulls on opposite sides of a sliding door) that can rotate around a pivot location. Moreover, the assist apparatus may further include one or more assist components operatively coupled to the one or more door activation devices. The door activation device(s) are configured to be operatively coupled to a sliding door and allow for rotation of at least a portion of the door activation device. The assist component(s) of the door activation device(s) aid in opening or closing the sliding door by engaging a door frame, wall, or the like as the door activation device is rotated.

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.

A push and/or pull handle lockset, comprising: latch tongue (4) in first extended position, and operable to second retracted position; biasing means (6) urging the latch tongue (4) in first position; a linking means (12) to link the latch tongue to the actuator (16); sliding shaft (20) extending through lockset roses (27, 36), and operable from first position to second operating position; a biasing means (26) urging the sliding shaft to first position; an engagement means (21) for sliding shaft (20) to engage with actuator (16); lock accommodations (22, 30) for locking means; actuator (16) to translate movement of said sliding shaft to operate latch tongue (4) into second position; locking means (45) interposed between the lockset roses in parallel alignment with sliding shaft (20) including latch arm (46) which is rotatable in and out of lock sockets (22, 30); lockset unit operation is reversed by rotating the lockset unit one hundred and eighty degrees (180°) about it's horizontal lateral axis, changing the direction of actuator (16) or handle (43, 44) operation.

An exterior door handle for a vehicle particularly for an activation of an electric lock of the vehicle comprising: a door handle body with a wall, wherein the door handle body is configured such that an activation action is performable by a user at the door handle body in the deformation area, at least one inductive activation means which is arranged in the deformation area, at least one sensor device arranged within the door handle body for inductivity measurements at the activation means,
wherein the door handle body is at least configured elastically deformable in the deformation area and
the sensor device for the detection of the activation action is arranged spaced apart to the activation means such that the deformation of the door handle body is detectable by the inductivity measurement.

Push button device for a motor vehicle, has: a mechanical and/or electric function controller with a first control state and a second control state; a push button element pressable from a disengaged state into a pressed state, wherein the function controller has the first control state when the push button element is in the disengaged state and the second control state when the push button element is in the pressed state, the push button element connected to the function controller by a first pivot arm mounted rotatably about a first axis of rotation and by a second pivot arm mounted rotatably about a different axis of rotation spaced apart from the first axis of rotation, wherein the first pivot arm and the second pivot arm are designed to be pivoted in an identical direction of rotation as a consequence of a movement of the push button element.