Patent ID: 11879270
Assignee: SAFEHINGE PRIMERA LIMITED
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A door handle assembly configured to ameliorate barricading of a door by an unauthorised user, the door handle assembly comprising:
a door lock;
a primary door handle, the primary door handle being configured to perform a lock operating function to operate the door lock in normal, non-emergency use;
a pivotal auxiliary door handle for use in operating the door lock in an emergency, the auxiliary door handle being integrated in the door handle assembly;
wherein the auxiliary door handle is configurable to pivot between a stowed configuration and an activated configuration, the auxiliary door handle being inoperable when in the stowed configuration and operable to operate the door lock when in the activated configuration;
when activated the auxiliary door handle overrides the lock operating function of the primary door handle to operate the door lock; and
wherein the auxiliary door handle is only configurable from the stowed configuration to the activated configuration with use of a key.