ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,019, issued on June 10, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Door handle assembly" was invented by Nidhin Kuniyil (Maharashtra, India), Virupaxi Payannavar (Maharashtra, India), Ravindra Desai (Maharashtra, India) and Amit Namannavar (Maharashtra, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of a door handle assembly are disclosed. The door handle assembly has a frame, a handle, a push-push assembly, and a bell crank. The frame has a housing portion and a cavity and is mountable to a door. The handle is disposed in the cavity and pivotably coupled to the frame. The push-push assembly is positioned with a longi...