US Patent Issued to Overhead Door on June 30 for "Low profile anti-ligature latch handle for sliding doors" (Texas, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,991, issued on June 30, was assigned to Overhead Door Corp. (Lewisville, Texas).

"Low profile anti-ligature latch handle for sliding doors" was invented by Frank Isioma Edokpayi (Corpus Christi, Texas) and Daniel Seymour (Durham, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door handle system is described. The door handle system includes: a door handle having: a lower grip portion an upper actuation portion; an angled projection located on the upper actuation portion; handle attaching structure, and a door plate having: attaching structure configured to allow the door plate to attach to a door; door plate attaching structure for interfacin...