Patent ID: 6264254
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A handle mechanism for operating a vehicle door latch having a latching mechanism and a locking mechanism comprising:a support,an unlatching lever that pivots on the support and that has a latched position and a unlatched position, the unlatching lever pivoting back and forth between the latched position and the unlatched position for operating the latching mechanism of a vehicle door latch,a handle lever that pivots on the support and that has a latched position, an unlatched position and a child security engage position with respect to the support, the handle lever pivoting back and forth between the latched position and the unlatched position, the handle lever being operatively connected to the unlatching lever for moving the unlatching lever back and forth between the latched position and the unlatched position of the unlatching lever as the handle lever moves back and forth between the latched position and the unlatched position of the handle lever,first means for decoupling the handle lever from the unlatching lever so that the handle lever cannot pivot the unlatching lever to the unlatched position of the unlatching lever to unlatch the vehicle door latch including a child security lock that pivots on the handle lever and that has a disengaged position and an engaged position with respect to the handle lever, the child security lock pivoting back and forth between the disengaged and engaged position and decoupling the handle lever from the unlatching lever in the engaged position so that the handle lever cannot pivot the unlatching lever to the unlatched position of the unlatching lever to unlatch the vehicle door latch, andsecond means for coupling the handle lever to the unlatching lever when decoupled including a button handle that pivots on the support and that has a locked position and an unlocked position with respect to the support, the button handle pivoting back and forth between the locked and unlocked positions for operating the locking mechanism of the vehicle door latch,the child security lock being pivoted to the engaged position by pivoting the handle lever to the child security engage position and pivoted to the disengaged position by pivoting the handle lever to the unlatched position and cycling the button handle between its locked and unlocked positions while the handle lever is held in the unlatched position.