Patents by Inventor Desmond H. Ward

Desmond H. Ward has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4403800
    Abstract: An assembly for fixedly interconnecting a pair of door handles of the type requiring a specific normal predetermined orientation and for transmitting a turning movement in one direction applied to either of the door handles to a door latch mechanism to release the same comprising an elongated spindle including male threaded end portions for threadingly engaging within the female threaded cavities of the door handles, and male threaded members for threadingly and respectively engaging within the female threaded cavities of the door handles at a predetermined depth therein to specifically set the normal orientation of the door handles so that they are engageable during the turning movement of the spindle with respect to the door handles to effect rigid association by virtue of the threaded connections thereby insuring that the door handles will be normally maintained in a normal predetermined orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Inventor: Desmond H. Ward