Patent ID: 7293807
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door handle assembly comprising: a) a housing; b) a latching mechanism positioned within the housing, the latching mechanism defining a through hole; c) a cam mounted on said latching mechanism, said cam including a cam through hole aligned with the latching mechanism through hole, the cam having first and second operating surfaces extending away from the cam through hole and the latching mechanism through hole; d) a shaft positioned within both through holes, the shaft having a first end and a second end; e) a first lever handle mounted on the first end of the shaft in a first position, rotatable downward to a second position, and rotatable upward a third position, wherein rotation from the first position to the second position opens the latching mechanism with said cam second operating surface to permit opening of a door; and f) when said first lever handle is rotated upward to said third position, a retaining mechanism, positioned within the housing, holds the first lever handle in said third position, said retaining mechanism including a retaining catch driven by the first surface of said cam when said first lever handle is rotated to said third position.