Patent ID: 7810215

Claim:
A hygienic turning handle ( 12 ) capable of being fitted to the opening element ( 10 ) of a door to control the actuation of a mechanism, fitted to the opening element ( 10 ) from a rest position toward which the handle is elastically returned, and to allow the opening element to be pivoted about a vertical axis (A), the handle ( 12 ) being of the type comprising: a distal end hub ( 18 ) mountable, on one main vertical face ( 11 ) of the opening element ( 10 ), to rotate about an axis (H) orthogonal to the plane of said face ( 11 ) of the opening element ( 10 ), said distal end hub ( 18 ) extending along the axis (H) orthogonal to the plane of the face ( 11 ) of the opening element ( 10 ) terminating at a free end portion of the hub at a first distance (D 4 ), in the direction of the axis (H), from the plane of the face ( 11 ) of the opening element ( 10 ); a main body ( 20 ) comprising a first end ( 22 ) connected to said free end of the hub ( 18 ) at the first distance (D 4 ) and with a second end ( 24 ) terminating at a second distance (D 3 ) less than the first distance (D 4 ), in the direction of said axis (H), from the plane of the face ( 11 ) of the opening element ( 10 ), said main body ( 20 ) extending, vertically upwardly from the first end to the second end, in a plane generally parallel to said plane of said face ( 11 ) of the opening element ( 10 ), and extending away from a nearest vertical edge ( 16 ) of said opening element ( 10 ) of the door; and an actuation section ( 26 ) of curved shape connected to the second end ( 24 ) of the main body ( 20 ), said actuation section ( 26 ) comprising a concave inner surface ( 36 ) that is generally C-shaped and with a maximum length that overall extends from said second end ( 24 ) of the main body ( 20 ), away from the plane of the door, said actuation section ( 26 ) having an overall concavity open upward and oriented generally upward and in the direction of the free edge ( 16 ) of the opening element ( 10 ) of the door, a chord drawn between ends of the overall concavity of the actuation section ( 26 ) being generally parallel to said axis of rotation (H) orthogonal to the plane of the face ( 11 ) of the opening element ( 10 ), wherein, a length of the main body ( 20 ) along the door is greater than a length of the actuation section ( 26 ) along the door, in the rest position of the handle ( 12 ), the concavity ( 36 ) of the actuation section ( 26 ) is oriented generally upward and is capable of receiving a portion of the arm, the wrist or the back of the hand of a user, and the actuation section ( 26 ) extends in a plane that is generally parallel to the axis of rotation (H) and which, in the rest position, forms an acute angle A 1 relative to the horizontal that lies between 30 and 60 degrees with a final terminating free end of the actuation section being vertical above the distal end hub.