Patent ID: 7270352

Claim:
A foot operated door opener comprising: an elongate assembly for interconnecting a door handle and a bottom end of the door, said elongate assembly including an upper portion for mounting to the door handle on a first side of the door, a lower portion for securing the bottom of the door and an intermediate portion interconnecting said upper and lower portions and for extending along a first side of the door between the handle and the lower end of the door; and a foot pedal attached to said intermediate portion for being engaged by a person's foot and selectively pushed or pulled to open the door; said upper portion including a device for operably gripping the door handle and said intermediate portion including an actuator attached to said gripping device such that when said pedal is depressed, said gripping device operates said handle to release the door's latch and allow the door to be opened by pulling or pushing the door pedal; said intermediate portion further including an elongate housing that slidably receives said actuator and said upper portion further including a mounting piece for releasably engaging said housing to a mounting shaft of the door handle; said foot pedal being fixedly attached to a lower segment of said actuator below said housing.