Patent ID: 8448298

Claim:
A one-piece auxiliary attachment handle for attaching to doorknobs comprising: a flexible cylindrical receiving portion and a lever extending from the receiving portion; the cylindrical receiving portion being an open loop comprising two ends, each one of the two ends defined by a bent section; the lever comprising an upper lever portion and a lower lever portion; wherein the upper lever portion extends from one said bent section of the open loop of the cylindrical portion and the lower lever portion extends from the other said bent section of the open loop of the cylindrical portion; wherein the upper and lower lever portions extend in a direction away from the cylindrical receiving portion and converge to an end of the lever; wherein the upper and lower lever portions are joined together at the end of the lever by spot welding; wherein each of the upper and lower lever portions comprise two longitudinal sides, each of said sides has a bent down edge extending from the bent section towards the end of the lever portion to provide rigidity against deflection, each of the bent down edges comprising a width, said width is at a maximum at the bent section and decreases progressively to zero at the end of the lever portion; wherein the handle further comprises a clamping screw and nut respectively attached to the upper and lower lever portions adjacent to the bent sections for adjusting the diameter of the cylindrical receiving portion; wherein an elastomeric strip is fastened to the inside surface of the cylindrical portion of the handle to increase the contact surface and to prevent slipping of the handle upon a doorknob.