Patent ID: 7604266

Claim:
A door handle assembly, comprising: a door handle having an operator portion, and a shank extending from said operator portion, said shank having a first opening; a door latch mechanism having a rotatable actuator, said rotatable actuator having a second opening; and a spindle assembly including a spindle and a coil spring, said spindle having a first end and a second end, said coil spring having a normal inside diameter that is expandable to a second diameter, said first end of said spindle having a cross sectional diameter that is greater than said normal inside diameter of said spring, said coil spring being attached to said first end of said spindle by inserting said first end of said spindle into said coil spring when at said second diameter and permitting said coil spring to release back toward said first diameter to form a snug fit of said coil spring to said first end of said spindle, wherein said coil spring and said first end of said spindle of said spindle assembly are inserted as a unit into said first opening of said shank of said door handle, and said second end of said spindle is inserted into said second opening of said rotatable actuator of said door latch mechanism.