US Patent Issued on Oct. 6 for "Door handle having actuation element for disinfecting a grip surface of the door handle, as well as door handle fitting and door" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,629, issued on Oct. 6.

"Door handle having actuation element for disinfecting a grip surface of the door handle, as well as door handle fitting and door" was invented by Hartmut Flaig (Aldingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a door handle having an actuation element (12) for sanitizing a handle surface (14) of the door handle (10), the actuation element (12) delimiting a hollow (16) in the interior of the door handle (10) in a non-actuated first position, the door handle (10) being pierced by a channel (24) in order to guide a liquid to the hollow (16). According to the invention, the hollow (16) is s...