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Anti-ligature handle and escutcheon for operating a lock
An anti-ligature handle and escutcheon for operating a lock. The handle and escutcheon are smoothly curved in all directions to eliminate hanging points and prevent suicide by preventing the attachment of a ligature to the handle or escutcheon. The handle is curved to allow fingers to be inserted behind the handle to pull on the handle. The handle is attached to a handle plate that slides behind an escutcheon plate portion of the escutcheon. Multiple ligature traps in the form of an inverted “V” are positioned in parallel offset rows between the handle plate and the escutcheon plate to prevent the insertion of a ligature around the handle and handle plate.
Anti-ligature handle and escutcheon for operating a lock
An anti-ligature handle and escutcheon for operating a lock. The handle and escutcheon are smoothly curved in all directions to eliminate hanging points and prevent suicide by preventing the attachment of a ligature to the handle or escutcheon. The handle is curved to allow fingers to be inserted behind the handle to pull on the handle. The handle is attached to a handle plate that slides behind an escutcheon plate portion of the escutcheon. Multiple ligature traps in the form of an inverted “V” are positioned in parallel offset rows between the handle plate and the escutcheon plate to prevent the insertion of a ligature around the handle and handle plate.
Anti-ligature handle and escutcheon for operating a lock
ELLER DARREN C (author) / PIANTEK RYAN (author) / RILEY DAN (author) / GERACI ANDREW (author)
2017-07-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E05B
LOCKS
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Schlösser
ANTI-LIGATURE HANDLE AND ESCUTCHEON FOR OPERATING A LOCK
| European Patent Office | 2017