Patent ID: 7036855

Claim:
A handle assembly for selectively releasing a door latch of a door, said handle assembly comprising: a handle pivotally mounted to said door; a pull lever pivotally mounted to said door and connectable to said door latch; a pin extending from one of said handle and said pull lever; a two-legged slot on the other of said handle and said pull lever, said two-legged slot receiving said pin; an actuator having an output selectively moveable between a neutral position to a locking position and between a neutral position and an unlocking position; and a linkage kinematically coupling said pull lever with said actuator output; wherein said pull lever slidingly engages said handle between a lock position wherein said pin is located in a first leg of said two-legged slot, decoupling said handle from said pull lever, and an unlock position wherein said pin is located in a second leg of said two-legged slot, thereby coupling said handle to said pull lever and translating handle movement to said pull lever.