Patent ID: 7810855
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: E05B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door assembly, comprising: a door panel; a handle having opposite handle ends; a first clip on the door panel; a second clip positioned between the door panel and the handle; the first clip having a pair of first flanges and opposite first clip ends with a pair of pawl stops located at each of the opposite first clip ends; the second clip having a base with a pair of flexible arms inclining outwardly from the base in opposite directions to define opposite ends of the clip; the second clip being separate from and not integrally formed with the handle, the opposite second clip ends being mirror images of one another, a pair of second flanges, and a pair of pawls extending from the arms at the opposite ends of the second clip, the pawls facing opposite directions; the first and second flanges overlapping and retentively engaging one another to attach the handle to the door panel; the pawls engaging the pawl stops to prevent sliding movement in opposite directions of the handle on the door panel; the second clip being centrally mounted between the opposite handle ends; and the second clip being assembled onto the first clip from either of the first clip ends, whereby the handle is mountable to the panel from two opposite directions.