ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,267, issued on May 5.
"Interactive door knob" was invented by Edmond Wallace (San Juan, Puerto Rico) and Miguel Vasquez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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."
The patent was filed on Oct. 10, 2024, under Application No. 18/...