Patent ID: 8353543

Claim:
A locking arrangement for a door, the locking arrangement including an upright operating bar ( 1 ) mounted on the door for angular movement about its axis and a handle ( 3 ) which is connected to the operating bar by a pivotal connection for engagement with a closure mechanism ( 7 , 8 ), the handle and the closure mechanism including co-operating apertures ( 9 ), characterised in that the locking arrangement further comprises: a housing ( 11 ) adapted to cover the pivotal connection of the handle and at least a part of the closure mechanism; and a releasable securing means ( 19 , 23 ) passing through apertures formed in both the handle and the closure mechanism and securing the housing relative to the handle and the closure mechanism; wherein the housing substantially encloses both the pivotal connection of the handle and the closure mechanism; and the releasable securing means includes a locking member slidably mounted in the housing between a first position in which the handle is movable relative to the closure mechanism and a second position in which the locking member passes through the apertures formed in the handle and the closure mechanism, the locking member comprising: a locking pin passing through the apertures ( 9 ) in the handle ( 3 ) and the closure mechanism ( 7 , 8 ), the locking pin further passing through an aperture formed in the housing ( 11 ); a plate ( 19 ) secured to an end region of the pin externally of the housing ( 11 ); and a further pin ( 29 ) secured to the plate ( 19 ) spaced from the locking pin and which extends into the housing ( 11 ) through an aperture formed therein so as to maintain alignment of the plate ( 19 ).