ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,572, issued on June 17, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).
"Dual-action door handle" was invented by Lucas Grant Purcell (Grand Forks, N.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door handle on a vehicle door includes a first grip and a second grip configured to engage fingers of a user and a web extending between the first grip and the second grip. One grip is accessible from the interior of the vehicle and the second is accessible from the exterior of the vehicle. A structure on the door handle is coupled to a latch, such as by one or more links, for releasing the latch from a striker responsive to rotation of th...