Patent ID: 6988750

Claim:
A door latch assembly for a vehicle door, comprising: a latch; said latch including a latch housing; a first lever mounted to said latch, said first lever extending from said latch housing and being movable between a first position and a second position and having a first lever formation configured for engagement with a first vehicle door input source; a second lever mounted to said latch, said second lever extending from said latch housing and being movable between a retracted position wherein the second lever is not engaged to a second vehicle door input source and a deployed position relative to said latch housing and having the second lever formation configured for engagement with a second vehicle door input source only when in said deployed position, wherein said second lever is arranged to translate a substantially arcuate input motion of said second vehicle door input source into a substantially vertical motion of said second lever and said second lever is resiliently biased towards said deployed position; and wherein said first lever comprises a further formation configured to retain said second lever in said retracted position when said first lever is in said first position and said further formation is configured to release said second lever to move to said deployed position when said first lever is in said second position.