Patent ID: 6637785
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A handle device to be installed on a casing having a door and a casing frame, said handle device comprising:a door unit to be mounted on a door, and a casing frame unit having a hook member to be mounted on a casing frame, said door unit including a handle section and a sliding section, said handle section including a handle capable of being lifted up or pressed down with respect to a door surface, and a lock capable of securing and locking said handle in its pressed-down position, said sliding section including a sliding member linearly slidable in two opposite directions along the surface of the door, wherein said sliding member is in engagement with said handle so that the sliding member slides in either of said two directions in response to said handle being lifted up or pressed down, wherein said sliding member has a hook engaging slot, said hook engaging slot engaging with said hook member when said sliding member slides in one of said two directions corresponding to the handle being pressed down, and disengaging from said hook member when said sliding member slides in the other of said two directions corresponding to the handle being lifted up, wherein said sliding member has two opposite extensions along a length of said handle section, and is provided with not less than three of said hook engaging slots, each of said extensions having at least one of said hook engaging slots, and wherein said sliding member includes a slide bar having a slide block connected thereto and at least one of said hook engaging slots, and flat bars as said extensions each connected to either of said slide bar or the slide block and having at least one of said hook engaging slots.