Architectural designers Ivo Tedbury and Freddie Hong have designed a 3D-printed device that can be used to adapt door handles so they can be opened without hands, in a bid to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Tedbury and Hong, who met while studying architecture at the Bartlett school, have created a U-shaped plastic device that attaches onto fire escape-style pull door handles via a pair of cable ties.
The idea is that instead of opening the doors with hands, users loop their arm through the adaptor and pull doors open.
The dup came up with the design as a way to respond to outbreaks of Covid-19, which can reportedly last on metal surfaces for hours and be spread by human touch.
“I live in a block of flats and was frustrated at the number of shared doors between my flat and the outside world,” Tedbury told Dezeen. “If you’re going out to buy groceries, you might end up with contaminated hands within 30 seconds.”
“Not being medics or involved in other front line services, we were happy to try to help fight the coronavirus in other ways.”
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