Patent ID: 8777064

Claim:
In combination, a door opener having an upwardly-extending lever mounted to a door for pivoting movement with respect thereto, said lever having a distal end remote from the pivoting of said lever, said lever being pivotable from a first lever position to a door-opening second lever position intermediate said first lever position and said door, and a hand sanitizing apparatus for sanitizing a person's hand while operating said lever of said door opener, said apparatus comprising: (a) housing body, said housing body being adapted for receipt about said distal end of said lever, said apparatus substantially limiting access by said person to said distal end of said lever; and (b) a canister of hand sanitizer received into said housing body, said canister having a nozzle extending therefrom for dispensing said hand sanitizer from said canister; (c) an actuator mounted within said housing body for movement from a first actuator position to a second actuator position, said actuator having a hand-contacting portion, said hand-contacting portion of said actuator including a palm-contacting paddle; said actuator including a nozzle-actuating portion having a nozzle-engaging opening therethrough, said nozzle being inserted through said nozzle-engaging opening; said housing body including a pin against which said nozzle angularly pivots as said actuator moves from said first actuator position to said second actuator position; said nozzle-actuating portion of said actuator including a cam for engageably moving said lever into said door-opening second lever position as said actuator is moved from said first actuator position to said second actuator position; said housing body including an axle, and said actuator being mounted to said axle for said movement from said first actuator position to said second actuator position, said movement being rotation of said actuator from said first actuator position to said second actuator position; said actuator being operably coupled to said nozzle of said canister and further being operably coupled to said lever, such that, when said actuator is moved from said first actuator position to said second actuator position, said lever of said door opener pivots to said door-opening second position as said nozzle is caused to dispense hand sanitizer from said canister.