Patent ID: 8474184

Claim:
An apparatus for opening a door from a remote location, the apparatus comprising: a lever assembly and a pulling line; the pulling line arranged to engage a door handle of the door; the lever assembly including at least a first guide and a second guide for guiding the pulling line, the lever assembly further including a lever frame having a first elongate lever arm and a second elongate lever arm connected at an angle to the first arm at a connection, the first and second lever arms each having an outer end opposite to the connection, the first and second guides respectively being positioned adjacent the outer ends of the first and second lever arms, the lever frame pivotally mounted to a mount; the first and second guides being positioned such that when the pulling line is prevented from moving through the first guide by the door handle, further pulling on the pulling line acts to apply a force to the first guide which causes the lever assembly to rotate and apply a force to urge the door to open.