Patent ID: 6802543
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A door handle assembly comprising:a plurality of handles, each handle provided with a shaft, a latch mechanism attached to each said shaft so that each shaft extends through a handle opening of a door and the latch mechanism and associated handle are on opposite sides of the door and said handle and latch mechanism rotate in unison with each other, each said latch mechanism provided with an arm that attaches to a common bus bar so that all the latch mechanisms work in unison, each said latch mechanism provided with a tongue for engaging a door frame for the door as a means of latching the door shut, a longitudinal axis of each shaft is approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of its associated handle, each arm is provided on its associated latch mechanism so that a longitudinal axis of the arm is approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, each tongue is provided on its associated latch mechanism so that a longitudinal axis of the tongue forms an obtuse angle with the longitudinal axis of its associated arm, the longitudinal axis of the tongue is approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and the longitudinal axis of the tongue is located in a plane that is approximately parallel to a plane in which the arm is located.