Patent ID: 8522482

Claim:
A door opener assembly for attachment to a side of a hinged door to which a hands-free pulling force can be applied to swing open said hinged door said door opener assembly comprising: a support for attachment to the side of the hinged door requiring a pulling force to swing the hinged door open; an arm-bar comprising a proximal shank portion rotatable about its longitudinal axis and connected to said support, a bend portion having a distal end extending from said shank portion, said distal end displaceable along an arc of about 160 degrees; at least one magnet operatively mounted to said arm-bar and at least one magnet stationarily mounted to said support, said magnets positioned to bias said arm-bar to an initial position along said arc of about 160 degrees; and, when said support is attached to the side of the hinged door, said shank portion extends downward and parallel to the side of the hinged door and said distal end travels in a substantially perpendicular plane relative to the side of the hinged door when a pulling force is applied to said arm-bar and returns said arm-bar to said initial position when the pulling force is released.