Abstract: A handle lever is rotatable and movable in an axial direction relative to a frame and when the handle lever is rotatably moved from a predetermined position in a rotation direction with a predetermined amount against a urging force of a rotative urging spring and also moved from a predetermined position in the axial direction with a predetermined amount against a urging force of an axial urging spring, an engaging hook of the handle lever is engaged with an engaging portion of the frame in the rotation direction and the axial direction for holding the handle lever in a tentative holding position.

Abstract: A structure for fitting a control knob and a handle onto a control panel of an oven of the present invention comprises a control panel, a plurality of positioning sets, at least a control knob and a handle, wherein the positioning sets function to insulate the control knob, the handle and the control panel from heat so that deformation of the control knob, the handle, and the control panel due to long duration heating operation of the oven can be effectively prevented. Thus, the use of heat insulation material for making the control knob and the handle can be effectively avoided, and therefore the manufacturing cost can be effectively reduced.

Abstract: A spring detent mechanism for a reversible lever includes a cantilevered lever catch rigidly attached to the sleeve and a C-shaped clip disposed in a groove in the sleeve. The lever catch includes a button for engaging the lever and the C-shaped clip is disposed adjacent the button to prevent longitudinal movement of the lever unless the button is depressed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a door handle, comprising a handle located on the visible side of the door and a support (10) for said handle which is fixed onto the reverse side of the door. The handle has connecting elements at both extremities which penetrate recesses in the door, whereby one extremity is connected to a lever (13′) which is mounted on a pivoting support (10). A housing which can contain a locking cylinder is inserted into the support (10) next to the handle. According to the invention, in order to simplify the assembly of the handle, a retaining element (25) is positioned between the support (10) and the lever (13′) which, in its usual active retaining position, secures the lever in a defined pivoted position, pointing outwards. The handle can be connected easily to the lever in this pivoted position. However, when the housing is inserted into the support, the retaining element (25) is displaced into its inactive position, where it releases the lever (13′).

Abstract: A lock for various door thicknesses comprises a latch bolt, a chassis, an inner spindle, an outer spindle, a retractor, and an outer handle assembly. The outer handle assembly comprises an outer rose liner, an outer rose, a ring threadedly engaged with the chassis, a gear meshed with the ring, and an outer handle. When the retractor is not aligned with a hook of the latch bolt during installation of the lock, a tool is extended through the outer rose liner into a non-circular hole of the gear to thereby turn the gear and the ring, thereby causing the ring to move relative to the outer tubular member and causing the outer rose liner and the outer rose to move relative to the chassis along a longitudinal direction of the chassis until the retractor is aligned with and engageable with the hook of the latch bolt.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door handle assembly including a first housing piece adapted to be mounted at one end of a bowl shaped depression formed in the outer skin of the vehicle door, a second housing piece adapted to be mounted at the other end of the depression in the outer skin, and an elongated handle pivotally mounted at one end thereof on the first housing piece and including a latch finger on the other end thereof received in a receptacle in the second housing piece to allow access to a latch actuator to control the latching and unlatching of the door.

Abstract: The description relates to an electrically lockable swivel lever actuating mechanism (10) comprising a dish (14) which can be placed on a door leaf or the like (12) and in which an actuation lever (16) for a closure, such as a sash closure or bar closure (80), is mounted in such a way that it can be moved out of a position in which it is swiveled out of the dish and in which it enables actuation of the closure into a position in which it is swiveled into the dish and in which it does not allow actuation of the closure and in which it can be locked by an electromechanical lock device (28). According to the invention, the electromechanical lock device (28) is a constructional unit (26) which can be inserted into the dish (14), and a pin (28) or projection can be moved out or swiveled out from the constructional unit (26) by means of an electric control signal for locking the actuation lever (16).

Abstract: A handle for a vehicle door has a control lever hinged to a connecting structure for connection to the door, and a detecting assembly for detecting the presence of a user's hand about to open the door; the detecting assembly having a magnetic aerial, which is housed inside the lever to detect the variation in a magnetic field caused by the user's hand nearing the handle, and is connected by a sliding connection to a circuit carried by the connecting structure and which supplies a presence signal to a control unit for releasing the respective lock upon reading an identification code carried by the user.

Abstract: A collar coacts with a chassis, sleeve and lever of a lockset to provide a retention and reinforcement system for lock assemblies. The collar has a flanged portion and a sleeve-engaging portion and is sandwiched between a lever and the cylinder. The sleeve-engaging portion includes at least one tab that engages the sleeve to retain the collar on the sleeve. Alternatively, the collar can be staked to the sleeve. A spring washer can be mounted between the collar and the chassis to take up variation in manufacturing tolerances. The result is a retention and reinforcement system that provides a protection against attack in the zone of attack around the handle-chassis interface.

Abstract: A vehicle door handle assembly for opening a door of a vehicle includes a base which is mountable at the door of the vehicle and a handle portion which is operable to open the door via movement of the handle portion relative to the base. The handle portion includes a first portion having a first material hardness and a second portion having a second material hardness. The first material hardness is greater than the second material hardness, such that the second portion provides a softer feel to a user of the door handle assembly when opening the door of the vehicle. The door handle assembly may further include an illumination source for illuminating the handle portion and/or a heating element for heating the handle portion.

Abstract: A quick install dummy doorknob or lever comprises an exterior knob sub-assembly, an interior rose liner coupled to the exterior knob assembly, a knob catch, a retainer spring, and an interior knob. The knob catch is disposed inside the interior rose liner and includes a tooth for engaging the interior knob. The interior rose liner engages a pair of screws extending from the exterior knob sub-assembly. Rotation of the interior rose liner relative to the screws places the screws into retaining apertures in the interior liner, whereupon the screws can be tightened to hold the interior rose liner in position. The interior knob is inserted into a recess formed in the interior rose liner and engages the tooth on the knob catch through a slot formed in the recess.

Abstract: A trim attachment and method comprises a door lever/knob which is assembled to a spindle housing of a lock assembly by sliding the door lever/knob over the spindle. A retaining mechanism within the door lever/knob automatically engages the spindle to couple the door lever/knob to the spindle when the door lever/knob is properly positioned on the spindle. The spindle and door lever/knob have mating exterior and interior ribs providing torque transfer between the spindle and door lever/knob. An aperture is provided in the door lever/knob to depress a portion of the retaining mechanism to release the retaining mechanism, allowing the door lever/knob to be removed. The improved knob/lever trim attachment and methods provide an easily assembled and manufactured, aesthetically pleasing, and easily replaceable assembly for a door lock assembly.

Abstract: A vehicle door handle wherein a lever, operated manually by a user, has a core having a seat and an aerial housed inside the seat and for identifying the user; the seat being insulated from the outside by at least one continuous layer of thermoplastic material at least partly surrounding the core and separated from the aerial by at least one spacer body.

Abstract: The deadbolt thumbturn assembly of the present invention includes a thumbturn including a thumbturn extension, which is inserted through a bushing collar and rose bearing, then secured with a retaining ring such that the thumbturn extension is able to rotate within the bushing collar. The threaded bushing collar is then inserted through the aperture of the deadbolt rose and secured with a retaining ring forming a deadbolt thumbturn assembly such that the threaded bushing collar is able to rotate with respect to the deadbolt rose. The thumbturn assembly is then attached to the deadbolt lock by fastening the bushing collar to the threaded boss of the inside housing and inserting the extension of the deadbolt actuator into a receptacle of the thumbturn.

Abstract: A hood unlocking apparatus of an automobile is provided adapted to unlock a hood of the automobile via a wire, the apparatus comprising a fixing bracket mounted at an inner side panel of the automobile and a rocking bracket formed with a handle for pulling the wire and having one side thereof fixed to the wire while the other side thereof is hitched via a pin and a spring.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for locking a part (3; 21; 31) that is to be secured, arranged so that it can move on a motor vehicle, a securing part (11; 26; 36) engaging in a slot-shaped cavity (7; 28; 38) of the part (3; 21; 31) that is to be secured under the effect of the acceleration forces that occur when the corresponding vehicle coincides with an obstacle. To allow the device to be fitted simply and in a non-bulky way and to reliably prevent unintentional opening of the door of the vehicle when acceleration forces from different directions are applied on the part that is to be secured, the invention proposes that the securing part (11; 26; 36) be controlled by a control element (10; 22; 32) of spherical shape, the control element (10; 22; 32) resting on a guide (8; 23; 33) via domed or conical control surfaces (9).

Abstract: A device for attaching to a door knob which comprises a metal strip which has an arced width which clamps on to two peripheries of the door knob and which arced surface is also curved to encircle and contact 90% of the door knob diameter and which curved section has two free ends which are pulled into a tubular section by means of a hook bolt and end nut, the whole being assembled on to the door knob without the use of any tools or other attaching means and which complete device can be readily attached and removed for further installation on other door knobs as required.

Abstract: A rose locking mechanism developed with a hybrid lock architecture for a door designed to incorporate the functionality of a cylindrical lock architecture with the ease of installation of a tubular lock architecture is provided by the present invention. The hybrid lock architecture comprises a chassis assembly mounted in a bore of the door including an inside chassis assembly and an outside chassis assembly. The inside chassis assembly and the outside chassis assembly are telescopically engaged to accommodate different door widths. A door latch assembly is operably connected to the chassis assembly for retraction and extension of a bolt. A handle is mounted on a spindle on either side of the chassis assembly wherein rotational motion imparted on one of the handles is converted to linear motion within the chassis assembly in order to retract the bolt of the door latch assembly. The inside chassis assembly includes a rose locking mechanism positioned radially outward of said inside spindle.

Abstract: An actuator for a vehicle door lock has an exterior handle with a flap and an inner support on which the flap is pivotally supported. The flap has stays with connecting points penetrating an opening in the vehicle door. A first connecting point has a pivot pin and a pivot seat. When inserting the pivot pin into the pivot seat, the handle is in an angular position relative to its final fastening position. The pivot seat has an inner shoulder engaged by a radial projection of the pivot pin for axially securing the pivot pin. The second connecting point has a first part on the handle and a second part on the flap. The handle is rotated back from the angular position until the first and second parts of the second connecting point are radially aligned. They are then connected to one another and the final fastening position of the handle is determined.

Abstract: A door lockset comprises a transmission assembly comprising a chassis with two through-holes, an outside handle assembly, and an inside handle assembly. The outside handle assembly comprises an outside handle, an outside rose, and an outside rose liner. The outside rose liner has at least two pairs of diametrically disposed positioning holes selectively aligned with the through-holes of the chassis. The outside rose liner further includes two engaging posts each having a screw hole. The inside handle assembly comprises an inside handle, an inside rose, and an inside rose liner. The inside rose liner includes two holes aligned with the screw holes of the engaging posts.

Abstract: A high security T-handle assembly for supporting a lock cylinder, includes an elongate handle having a passageway therethrough for key access to the locked cylinder along with a housing for containing the locked cylinder. The housing includes an opening therein for enabling projection of a locking pin exterior to the housing. First screw threads are formed on a circumference of the housing on one end of the housing and second screw threads are formed on the handle into one side thereof for engaging the first screw threads in order to secure the handle to the housing. At least one set screw is disposed in the handle for engaging the housing for preventing the unscrewing of the handle from the housing.

Abstract: A retracting spindle mechanism has a spindle that extends between a handle trim mechanism mounted on the face of a door and a mortised door lock. The spindle is rotated by the handle to operate the door lock and slides axially in a hub to accommodate doors of different thicknesses. A conical spring is used to urge the spindle to the extended position. The conical spring can be compressed until it is flat allowing the spindle mechanism to be used in trim mechanisms with paddle handles having limited space between the handle and the mortised lock mechanism. A pin extends transversely through the spindle and into a slot in the hub capturing the spring and holding the spindle mechanism together as an integral assembly.

Abstract: A doorknob handle assembly for retrofitting conventional rounded doorknobs, a kit for the doorknob handle's installation, and a method for using the kit to install the doorknob handle are described. The doorknob handle assembly has a doorknob handle in the form of a ring with an elongated lever extending from the outer circumference of the ring, the handle ring being threaded on its interior surface, and a locking ring having a threaded exterior surface and a slit defining a split ring. The locking ring is placed around the shaft of a conventional rounded doorknob, and the doorknob handle is placed over the face of the doorknob and threaded engaged to the locking ring in order to clamp the conventional doorknob between the doorknob handle and the locking ring. The kit includes a plurality of locking rings of various sizes and a locking ring wrench having a stub which seats in the slit defined in the locking ring for attaching the locking ring to the doorknob handle.

Abstract: A lever handle structure includes a fixed disk defining an axial hole and having a first side provided with a positioning. catch piece, a driving axial tube rotatably mounted in the axial hole of the fixed disk and having a first end defining a guide slot and an annular groove, a lever handle secured on the driving axial tube for rotating it, a positioning catch ring having an inner wall provided with two lock blocks each secured in the guide slot of the driving axial tube and an outer wall defining an arcuate limit recess receiving the positioning catch piece and having two distal ends each formed with a stop wall for limiting rotation of the driving axial tube, an elastic member secured on the driving axial tube and rested on the positioning catch ring, an actuating ring secured on the driving axial tube and rested on the elastic member, and a positioning member secured in the annular groove of the driving axial tube for preventing detachment of the actuating ring.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door handle assembly including a housing structure adapted to be mounted on a vehicle door and a handle pivotally mounted at one end thereof on the housing structure at an arcuate bearing interface. The bearing interface comprises an inner bearing interface comprising coacting first and second arcuate surfaces and an outer bearing interface spaced radially outwardly from the inner bearing interface and comprising coacting third and fourth arcuate surfaces. All of the arcuate surfaces are centered on the handle pivot axis. The first arcuate surface comprises a radially outwardly facing handle surface; the second arcuate surface comprises a radially inwardly facing housing structure surface; the third arcuate surface comprises a radially inwardly facing handle surface; and the fourth arcuate surface comprises a radially outwardly facing housing structure surface.

Abstract: An operating fitting for a sliding door or window panel includes an adjustable fixing member which includes a rotary clamping member which bears on a location other than a visible face of a cover plate so as not to be visible on the corresponding visible face of a structural member. The rotary clamping member produces a force clamping the cover plate against the corresponding visible wall of the structural member or operates or immobilizes a system for producing a force of this kind.

Abstract: A door handle for a door of a vehicle includes a handle portion and a housing or base portion. Preferably, the handle portion is assembled to the base portion by a snap fit of a pair of snap clasps onto a corresponding pair of axles or cross members attached to the housing. The snap clasps engage the cross members via a tapered opening to guide the cross members into the snap clasps, thereby easing the assembly process of the handle assembly. The snap clasps are snapped onto the cross members marked by an audible click to pivotally secure the handle portion to the housing, such that pivotal movement of the handle relative to the housing may be operable to open the door of the vehicle. Preferably, a biasing member is included to bias the handle portion toward its closed position relative to the housing, while the handle and the housing comprise polymeric materials.

Abstract: A door includes outer and inner panels which are combined to define therebetween a given space. A window pane is vertically movably installed in the given space, an actuating device is connected to the outer panel, an actuated device is connected to the inner panel; and a movement transmission mechanism is arranged for transmitting a movement of the actuating device to the actuated device. The movement transmission mechanism includes a U-shaped arm structure that straddles a front edge of the window pane leaving a space therebetween.

Abstract: A latch bolt mechanism of a tubular lock allows adjustment in backset by using an extension casing. The latch bolt mechanism has a latch bolt housing having a latch bolt mounted therein, the latch bolt being movable beyond a face plate or retracted into the face plate. Two plates are connected together and mounted to an inner end of the latch bolt. The plates includes aligned two first positioning holes, aligned second positioning hole, and aligned openings. An actuating plate is mounted between the plates and includes an end operably connected to the latch bolt. The other end of the actuating plate includes two teeth each having a block formed thereon. The blocks are pressed against by a follower plate that also includes two teeth. When either tooth of the actuating plate or the follower plate is pressed against by a spindle of the lockset, the latch bolt is retracted. An extension casing is mounted around the plates and movable toward or away from the latch bolt housing.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle door holding a lock provided with actuating elements operable to lock the door has an actuating system having an outside opening handle displaceable on the door, a pivot on the door, a first compensating lever pivotable on the pivot and having an outer end forming a seat, and a first rod part having an outer end connected to the handle and an inner end bearing on the seat in a predetermined direction. A second rod part having an outer end connected to the lock actuating elements and an inner end connected to an outer end of a second compensating lever pivotable on the pivot. A spring braced between the levers urges their outer ends angularly apart with the outer end of the first compensating lever bearing against the predetermined direction on the first rod-part inner end. A screw engaged between the levers offset from the pivot can releasably fix the levers together for joint pivoting. This screw is loosenable for relative pivoting of the levers.

Abstract: A trim attachment and method comprises a door lever/knob which is assembled to a spindle housing of a lock assembly by sliding the door lever/knob over the spindle. A retaining mechanism within the door lever/knob automatically engages the spindle to couple the door lever/knob to the spindle when the door lever/knob is properly positioned on the spindle. The spindle and door lever/knob have mating exterior and interior ribs providing torque transfer between the spindle and door lever/knob. An aperture is provided in the door lever/knob to depress a portion of the retaining mechanism to release the retaining mechanism, allowing the door lever/knob to be removed. The improved knob/lever trim attachment and methods provide an easily assembled and manufactured, aesthetically pleasing, and easily replaceable assembly for a door lock assembly.

Abstract: An assembly comprising a pair of latch drive mechanisms each being mountable on opposite sides of a door and including drive members to actuate a door latch mechanism mounted within the door. The assembly further includes a pair of handles, each of which is rigidly fixed to the surface of an escutcheon component which attaches to the latch actuating member of the latch drive mechanism and, when so attached, conceals the latch drive mechanism. Also included is a privacy locking set adapted for use with the latch drive assembly which provides a control function at the inside of the door which locks the handle at the outside of the door. The control side also includes an automatic release function actuated by the operation of the handle at the control side. The release function incurs no lost motion due to an independent handle operation feature of the latch drive mechanism.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door assembly comprising an outside door handle, an outside door handle linkage for connecting the outside door handle to a door latch, an inside door handle, and an inside door handle linkage for connecting the inside door handle to the door latch. The inside and outside door handle linkages are arranged to share many common elements whereby to reduce the overall cost of the total door handle assembly by virtue of reduced parts costs and reduced labor. Specifically, the inside and outside door linkages share a common spring to provide a positive return movement of the handles to the rest position; share a common latch actuator lever to simplify the overall assembly; and share a common damper mechanism to dampen the closing movement of the inside and outside door handles as they are released following an unlatching action.

Abstract: A handle mounting assembly (10) includes a handle (12) adapted for turning about an axis (16), a drive member (18) operable on a latch and/or lock mechanism (17). The drive member (18) is rotatably mounted to the handle (12). The assembly (10) also includes a handing plate (22) non-rotatably mounted to the handle (12). The handing plate (22) is adapted to non-rotatably engage the drive member (18) in at least two angularly spaced apart positions relative to the axis (16) of the handle (12).

Abstract: An operator for a latch system. The operator has a main body, a control unit, and a retainer. The control unit has at least a portion that is selectively repositionable relative to the main body by a user with the control unit in an operative position on the main body to change the state of a latch system with which the operator is associated. A retainer is placeable in an assembled position on the main body wherein the retainer maintains the control unit in the operative position. The main body has a first shoulder, with the retainer element having a second shoulder. The first and second shoulders face and abut each other with the retainer in the assembled position to prevent the retainer from being moved out of the assembled position such that the control unit could be moved out of the operative position.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle door-latch handle assembly has a mounting plate, an elongated handle having a rear end pivoted in the mounting plate and a front end formed with a horizontally and transversely projecting actuation arm having a hook end. The handle is pivotal on the plate between an inner position with the front end resting against the door and an outer position with the front end pulled horizontally out of the door. A coupling element is pivoted on the door about a horizontal axis and has one radially projecting coupling arm engageable with the hook end of the handle, another radially projecting coupling arm, and a radially projecting abutment formation. A link extends vertically between the other coupling arm and the latch so that when the handle is displaced into the outer position the element is pivoted and the link is displaced vertically to actuate the latch.

Abstract: A porcelain knob construction comprising a metal mounting member which is adhered to a porcelain knob (101) comprising a body with a shaft (105) protruding therefrom. The shaft is hollow and has a blind hole (104) formed in the free end thereof. The mounting member includes an annular recess (108) to receive the free end of the shaft (105). The mounting member and shaft (105) are adhered only adjacent the shaft free end whereby the interior of the blind hole (104) is substantially free of adhesive.

Abstract: A door lock for use with a door having a through bore and an intermediate transverse aperture connecting said bore with an edge of the door, into which through bore actuator portions of the lock are inserted, and through which transverse aperture a latch portion of the lock is inserted; the lock having an outer first portion insertable into an outer portion of the through bore, an inner second lock portion insertable into an inner portion of the through bore, the lock first portion having at its inner end a laterally extending slot to receive the latch portion in entered relation therein, the lock second portion having a threaded cylindrical portion at its inner end, the lock first portion having a threaded inner end portion to make threaded engagement with the lock second portion, enabling rapid mounting of a lock within a door.

Abstract: An auxiliary door lock in which a spring is coupled between a coupling block, which moves a latch bolt, and a left side board to push the coupling block and the latch bolt forwards when the door lock is unlocked and the key is removed from the door lock; the door handle is locked to stop the door lock from unlocking with the key when pressing a button on the door handle after the door handle has been turned to a vertical position, and unlocked when pressing the button again.

Abstract: An electronic combination lock having a dial-shape handle with a keypad incorporated therein is disclosed. Rotation of the handle extends or retracts a bolt that closes or opens the lock. The keypad includes indicia that give the user visual cues as to the orientation of the handle, thereby informing the user of the extended or retracted condition of the bolt. A battery pack is used to energize circuitry that recognizes a code entered through the keypad. The circuitry provides a control signal that activates a solenoid to extend or retract a bolt blocking device, which in turn prevents or enables movement of the bolt. A visual indicator warns of a low voltage or power condition in the battery pack. Electrical contacts are provided in the face plate of the handle to connect the circuitry to an external power source in case the battery pack fails.

Abstract: A door handle assembly (10) includes at least one face plate (11) arranged to be secured to the face of a door, and a handle (12) adapted to be mounted on the face plate to be axially rotatable thereto. The handle includes a shank (17) that extends through the face plate. The face plate has a boss (21) adapted to support a bearing mounted on the shank to allow axial rotation thereto and a spring to hold the shank (17) against the face plate. The bearing is accurately located in a recess in the boss (21) of the face plate (11), and the handle (12) and the spring engage opposite ends of the bearing so that the location of the handle against the face plate is independent of the thickness of the face plate.

Abstract: An automotive door handle assembly adapted to be mounted in an aperture defined in the outer skin of a motor vehicle door by a flange structure. The assembly includes an escutcheon plate sized to fit in the door skin aperture and having a peripheral flange sized to fit against an outer face of the outer door skin in surrounding relation to the door skin aperture. The door handle is pivotally mounted on a front face of the escutcheon plate for door unlatching movement, and a locking member is slidably mounted on a rear face of the escutcheon plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lock button assembly for installation on a threaded actuating member operatively connected to a vehicle door locking mechanism. The assembly has a manually engageable lock button having a longitudinally extending bore. The bore is configured to receive a threaded end portion of the actuating member. The lock button has an opening on one side thereof providing access to the bore. A clip member is mounted exteriorly to the lock button. The clip member has a resilient projection extending inwardly through the opening and into the bore for frictional engagement with the threaded portion. The projection is biased to permit ingress of the actuating member into the bore and to prevent egress of the actuating member from the bore. The present invention also relates to a method for installing a lock button assembly on a threaded actuating member operatively connected to a vehicle door locking mechanism.

Abstract: A lever handle door lock keeps the lever handle horizontal and accommodates pre-manufactured doors with pre-drilled mounting holes at varying rotational orientations by providing a two piece adapter connection between the lever handle and a rose. The rose is mounted to the door via the mounting holes and includes a spring for returning the lever handle to horizontal. A first adapter piece is rotatably driven by the spring to return to a home position relative to the rose. A second adapter piece is connected to the lever handle and is adjustably connectable to the first adapter piece at different desired rotational orientations. Rotating the adjustable connection between the first and second adapter pieces changes the angle between the lever handle and the home position on the rose to bring the lever handle to horizontal regardless of the rotational orientation of the rose.

Abstract: A vehicle door handle assembly has a support that includes a concave shell having a pair of vertically spaced bosses with pivot holes for two concentric shafts. One shaft is operated by a handle in the shell and moves an operating lever behind the shell. The other shaft is operated by a lock knob in the shell and moves a second operating lever behind the shell.

Abstract: A door handle assembly is described comprising a mounting base, a cover plate, an inner cylinder and a lock mechanism wherein the cover plate covers the means for attaching the handle assembly to a door. The handle or grip holds the cover plate in place and the lock mechanism holds the handle in place. The handle assembly cannot be removed without the removal of the lock mechanism.

Abstract: A knob catch for securing a knob or lever to the driving spindle of a door lock. The knob catch is constructed of a base with a centered odd shaped hole. The hole is made in such a way that the knob or lever cannot be removed when the locking device is in the locked position using a key operated cylinder with a flat locking bar. A tongue portion of the knob catch rises above the base and fits into the knob or lever and keeps the knob or lever from being removed. In the front side of this tongue is an angular surface which permits the knob or lever to be slid over the top of the knob catch until the knob catch tongue and an aperture in the knob or lever align allowing the tongue to be spring biased into the aperture to secure the knob or lever. There are two springs attached to the knob catch to bias the tongue into engagement with the knob or lever aperture.

Abstract: A door handle extension apparatus which improves existing door handle/locksets specifically extending the handle portion of a door handle/lockset thus allowing unincumbered use of the handle portion of the lockset. In one embodiment, the invention utilizes an extender which moves the handle portion away from the door. A shaft located within the extender transfers the force applied to the handle portion to the latch locksets located within the door portion. In another embodiment, a conventional handle portion of a lockset has been modified to include an elongated neck which spaces the handle away from the door to accommodate mini-blinds and the like.

Abstract: A door locking system for child-safety door locking systems on an automobile door including a latch and a door lock mechanism. The door handle is incapable of unlatching the door when the locking mechanism locks the latch. The locking system includes a door panel having an opening for receiving the lock lever in a guard lock mode when moved to its locked position so that the lock lever is substantially recessed within the door panel. The lock lever and the door panel are constructed such that the lock lever cannot be accessed through the opening for manual movement back to its unlocked position. In the normal lock mode, the lock lever is not received within the opening in the door panel in the locked position so that it is accessible for manually moving the lock lever to the unlocked position. A key lock interconnects the lock lever and a lock rod for selectively actuating the locking mechanism.

Abstract: A pop-out handle lock assembly having a frangible and easily replaceable handle portion is provided. As with other pop-out handle lock assemblies, the pop-out handle lock assembly of the present invention is used to lock a movable closure member relative to a stationary object such as a vending machine door and a vending machine cabinet, respectively. In operation, the pop-out handle lock assembly of the present invention is received by a housing which is mounted to the movable closure member. The housing, in particular, has a longitudinal slot formed therethrough, and includes a front face portion which abuts the movable closure member and a generally perpendicular rear guide portion which extends into the movable closure member. The pop-out lock assembly of the present invention includes a stem portion and a frangibly attached handle portion.