US Patent Issued to AZTECH INDUSTRIAL DEVICES on Sept. 2 for "Foot-operated systems and devices for handless operation of a door" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,699, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to AZTECH INDUSTRIAL DEVICES LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Foot-operated systems and devices for handless operation of a door" was invented by Marcus A. Caines (San Diego), Theodore Tillinghast (Vista, Calif.) and Clarke A. Caines (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods are provided herein for the handless operation of a door. Illustrative examples of a system disclosed herein include a user interaction assembly configured to be disposed at a bottom edge of the door, the user interaction assembly configured to generate a signal, a push-lock assembly configured to ...