Patent ID: 9080347
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A defeater latch handle, comprising: a handle with a base portion with a top and a bottom, a recess formed in the bottom of the base portion, the recess including a recess notch portion, and a cylinder hole formed through the base portion; a lock that is received in and accessible through the top of the base portion through the cylinder hole, the lock being rotatable relative to the base portion between a locked state and an unlocked state, the lock having an engagement; a handle insert with a movable blocking device, the movable blocking device being engaged with the engagement of the lock to move the movable blocking device between a locked state and an unlocked state, the handle insert being attached to the base portion; a shaft extending from the handle insert; an escutcheon having a bore formed therein to rotatably receive the shaft, the bore having a bore notch formed therein which bore notch is adapted to receive the blocking device when the blocking device is in its locked stated, the escutcheon having a trigger slot formed therein; and a slidable trigger with an extension catch, the slidable trigger being adapted to slide in the trigger slot between a locked state, wherein the extension catch is positioned in the recess notch, and an unlocked state, wherein the extension catch is moved out of the recess notch portion in the base portion of the handle; wherein the handle can only be rotated relative to the escutcheon when both the lock and the slidable trigger are in their unlocked states.