Patent ID: 7152893

Claim:
A handle assembly ( 10 , 100 ) for use with a vehicle, the handle assembly comprising: a spring biased handle including movable first handle member ( 12 ) and stationary second handle member ( 28 ), the first handle member including a body, first end, second end, a top and a bottom, the first handle member including an extending member ( 114 ) generally at one of the first or second end of the first handle member which extends away from the body of the first handle member, the second handle member configured to be secured to a portion of the vehicle, the second handle member having an opening therethrough configured to receive the extending member and having a retention surface, the first handle member reciprocatively movable relative to the opening in the second handle member; an activation member ( 20 , 150 ) in operative connection with the handle; a blocking member ( 24 , 160 ) including the retaining feature ( 26 , 166 ) configured to latch with the retention surface ( 22 ), the blocking member moved by the activation member; wherein the blocking member is rotationally movable within a hollow portion of the extending member and configured to be retained by a portion of the retention surface when the assembly is in a first configuration; and further wherein, upon sufficient movement of the activation member and the blocking member, the retaining feature is not restricted by the retention surface.