Patent ID: 8480147
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: B66F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for installing a hardware for operating a hand operated reaching device to access a door of an elevated doorway, comprising: the hand operated reaching device; and a pull device for installation in the door of the elevated doorway, wherein: the pull device comprises a loop portion, an attachment portion, and a coupling between the loop portion and the attachment portion, the pull device is coupled to the door by insertion of the attachment portion into a hole in the door, the loop portion of the pull device descends from a surface of the door downward and substantially perpendicular to a plane of the elevated doorway when the door of the elevated doorway is in a closed position, the hand operated reaching device comprises a rigid rod member, a handle coupled to the rigid rod member, and an attachment head coupled to the rigid rod member, the attachment head comprises an attachment mechanism configured to engage the loop portion of the pull device, and the hand operated reaching device provides a structural assembly that applies a first downward force to the door when a second downward force is applied to the hand operated reaching device while the attachment mechanism is engaged with the pull device, the first downward force causes the door to open downward, wherein the elevated doorway is an attic doorway in a ceiling of a room in a building, the door is a door for accessing a next higher level of the building, and the hand operated reaching device causes the door to open downward, from a plane of the elevated doorway towards a plane perpendicular to the plane of the elevated doorway, when the first downward force is applied to the door, in response to the second downward force being applied to the hand operated reaching device, so as to create an opening in the elevated doorway for a person to access the next higher level of the building.