Patent ID: 8347667

Claim:
A locking paddle handle latch assembly for closures and the like, comprising: a housing adapted for mounting adjacent an associated closure of the type that can be shifted between an open position and a closed position; a paddle handle pivotally mounted in an exterior portion of said housing for rotation between a retracted position and an extended position; a latch operably connected with said paddle handle, and configured such that when said paddle handle is in said retracted position, said latch is in a latched position, wherein the closure cannot be unintentionally shifted from the closed position, and when said paddle handle is in said extended position, said latch is in an unlatched position, wherein the closure is free to be shifted from the closed position to the open position; a key lock mounted on said exterior portion of said housing, and including a movable key lock member selectively movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, said movable key lock member comprises a cylindrical lock plug rotatably mounted in said key lock for pivoting between said locked and unlocked positions; a latch lock movably mounted in said housing, operably connected with said movable key lock member and configured such that when said movable key lock member is in said locked position, said latch lock assumes a locked position in which said latch is retained in said latched position, and when said movable key lock member is in said unlocked position, said latch lock assumes an unlocked position in which said latch is free to be shifted between said latched and unlatched positions; a deadbolt lock movably mounted in said housing for shifting between a locked position, wherein the closure is positively retained in the closed position, and an unlocked position, wherein the closure is free to be shifted between the open and closed positions; said deadbolt lock being operably connected with said movable key lock member, whereby movement of said movable key lock member between said locked and unlocked positions contemporaneously shifts both said deadbolt lock and said latch lock between said locked and unlocked positions; and a multi-arm lock cam rotatably mounted in said housing and operably connected with said lock plug for rotation therewith; said lock cam having a first crank arm operably connected with said latch lock and a second crank arm operably connected with said deadbolt lock.