Patents by Inventor Edward J. Mutone

Edward J. Mutone has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5881433
    Abstract: A door knob lever for use by disabled persons to assist in turning a door knob. A truncated bracket including a central section and two sloping sections extending from the central section is provided with a handle extending, substantially at right angles from one side of the central section of the truncated bracket and a hook plate extending, also substantially at right angles, from the opposite side of the central section of the truncated bracket and extending in the opposite direction as the handle. Friction pads are secured to the two sloping sections of the truncated bracket to grip a door knob when the hook plate is about the neck of the door knob to cause movement of the ball of the door knob by movement of the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Independent Living Products LLC
    Inventors: Edward J. Mutone, Mitchell I. Rapoport, Gregory R. Becker
  • Patent number: 5638576
    Abstract: A door knob lever is described, for use primarily by disabled persons, as including a rotatable hook at one end thereof for hooking around the base of a common door knob. A right angle or arcuate shaped bracket is also included, with the rotation of the hook taking place with respect to the bracket. The other end of the lever provides a handle for enabling the gripping of the lever, so that the user grips the handle of the lever, swings it to cause the hook to encircle the door knob at its base, rotates the bracket to engage the door knob gripping surface and then rotates the lever to cause the door knob to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Independent Living Products LLC
    Inventor: Edward J. Mutone