Patent ID: 8516862

Claim:
A locking arrangement comprising: (a) a handle assembly; (b) a primary locking mechanism comprising: (i) a locking bar having a first shoulder and a second shoulder, which bar is movable between an extended locking position and a retracted release position, whereby when the locking bar is in the retracted release position the handle assembly is movable between a latched condition and an unlatched condition; and (ii) an actuator means which acts upon the locking bar to move the locking bar between the extended locking position and the retracted release position; (c) a secondary locking mechanism having an override means, wherein the override means is independently urged against the first and/or second shoulder of the locking bar to reversibly move the locking bar between the extended locking position and the retracted release position; and (d) at least one biased catch means to releasably retain the locking bar in either the extended locking position or the retracted release position.