Patent ID: 9714525
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: E05B,Y10T

Claim:
1. An anti-ligature handle and escutcheon mechanism mountable on a door for operating a lock mounted on the door, the anti-ligature handle and escutcheon mechanism comprising: a handle rotatable between an open and a closed position, the handle being shaped as a lever handle with a smoothly curved outer surface to prevent the attachment of a ligature thereto, the handle rotating about a first end of the lever handle shape to operate the lock; an escutcheon having an escutcheon plate oriented parallel to the door when the anti-ligature handle and escutcheon mechanism is mounted on the door; and a handle plate oriented parallel to the door when the anti-ligature handle and escutcheon mechanism is mounted on the door, the handle being securely attached to the handle plate to prevent ligatures from being inserted between the handle and the handle plate, the handle plate moving with the handle and being exposed only above the handle as the handle is rotated toward the open position to operate the lock and the handle plate moving behind the escutcheon plate between the escutcheon plate and the door as the handle is rotated to the closed position.