New Idea

I was tasked with trying to figure out a new way to open a door using only your foot.  I think that this would be a cool and sometimes useful invention to make.  I had a couple of ideas for this project. The first idea I came up with was making just like a hole in the door that would be big enough for a shoe to fit in.  This hole could have a fabric liner so that it would not scratch your shoe of your foot if you are barefoot.  For this product, all the user would do is insert their foot into the hole and simple turn their foot up or down to grasp the door. Then the user would simply just pull their foot back until it opened and then remove their foot.  The door would have to have some sort of spring on it so that once you start pulling it open it would open the rest of the way.  Then it would stay open for a set period of time or until you pull it back shut with your foot.  The next idea I had for this product was using a part of a saddle.  My idea is that you could attach the foot holder from a saddle onto the bottom half of the door.  To open the door,  the user would simply place their foot in the foot holder and pull their leg back to pull the door open.  My last idea is similar to hotel rooms with the key card slot.  My product would have a sensor on the bottom and another sensor that would go in or on your shoe.  The shoe sensor would just have to be waved in front to the door sensor to tell the door to open.  having the sensor in the shoe would make it so that the door would not be opened due to an animal or pet running in front of the door.  I believe that these ideas could all be useful, but all would need more work on them to make them ready to be produced.