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Two Door Knobs 2
Add an additional door knob above the first for door opening purposes | |
In my current habitation arrangements, I have learned several
lessons. One of the more surprising things is my
monomaniacal,
perverse and unimaginative view of the role door knobs. I've
been using door knobs for the following:
1. Opening doors
2. Closing doors
Sometimes the two are combined
into one smooth, neigh,
balletic action:
3. Opening and closing a door
My better half on the other hand has assigned a near infinite
functional diversity on the item I considered so mundane. It's
main role, apparently, is storage. Tracing a path through the
house, on the back of the front door we have a hair tie, work
ID
& scarf, next door: purse, medium shopping bag with
miscellaneous knick-knack inside, next door: small lunch
cooler,
another hair tie (x2, both sides), next door: another hair tie,
this one large & satiny & bag containing smaller bags.
Upstairs:
hanging thing for cat to scratch (doesn't) & (other side) hair
tie
and one of my neck ties that I distinctly remember carefully
throwing on a dressing table last month. And so on.
In the storage role, the door knob clearly excels, however, it
does make using the door as a door quite difficult. So, the
solution. I've noticed that above the door knob, is a space. In
this space, a functional door knob could be fitted. The knob
should be designed as a gentle cone shape sloping away from
the door so that it's physically impossible to hang anything on
it
without it sliding off. The knob can have a slightly grippy
surface, or ridges perpendicular to the door for ease of hand
grip so long as the average cardigan cannot find sufficient
purchase.
There, now we can open & close the doors again. Now, to
expand the gap behind the door so that it opens fully despite
the fact the vacuum is now apparently stored there.
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The door handle could be a straight rod angled outwards and downwards at 45° which would be turned through 45° to unlatch the door. Impossible to hang anything from yet ergonomically functional for pulling, pushing and unlatching. |
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The rest of the surfaces of both sides of the doorcould be fitted with coat hooks. |
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//Sometimes the two are combined into one smooth, neigh, balletic action:// |
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Cover the entire door with shelves. Fill the shelves with books.
Connect one of the books to a lever which opens the door.
Cover the rest of the wall with bookshelves too, so it blends
nicely. Stay in the room and read the books. |
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Now we have a door that's all, "Wow, heavy door, better lean
into this one, oh, it's moving. Oh, stop, stop, STOOOOP! now
the books are everywhere!" |
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