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Abstract

An adapter for a door knob is provided comprising a lever handle including a base plate and a handle portion, a clamp, and a tightening band. The clamp is disposed along or attached to the base plate and is constructed and arranged to engage with at least a portion of a door knob or at least a portion of a supporting shaft, stalk or rotation axis of a door knob such that the lever handle extends transversely to the axis of the clamp. The clamp includes at least a portion of an inner surface adapted to frictionally engage to the portion of the door knob or supporting shaft, stalk or rotation axis. The tightening band is attached to the lever handle and is adapted to be tightened or otherwise adjusted around at least a portion of the supporting shaft, stalk or rotation axis, or around at least a portion of a door knob, by a tightening mechanism to help to achieve a non-slip fit and attachment of the lever handle to the supporting shaft, stalk or rotation axis or to the door knob. When the adapter is assembled and connected to a door knob or to a supporting shaft, stalk or rotation axis of a door knob, the lever handle may be actuated by force or torque an end-user applies to the lever handle which thereby releases or otherwise actuates an associated latch mechanism without undue effort by the end-user.

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First Claim