A universal assistive door unlatching device

A seemingly easy task for some, opening doors can cause frustration or pain for many people, due to difficulty spinning or gripping the handle. While technology does exist to make door handles more accessible or easy to use, there is no option that is low cost, quick easy to install, and will completely take away the need to grip or twist. This project focused on designing a method of unlatching doorknobs and handles that does not obstruct or change the pre-existing hardware of the door, can be easily installed and removed, and is compatible with most interior door handles.

Name thesis:degree_name

Bachelor

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• McKellar, Fiona(Fiona L.)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Amos Winter.

• Mechanical Engineering.

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• MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127902

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/127902