Retention assembly for securing together coupled handle assemblies of co-mounted doors

A handleset assembly for securing together linked handle assemblies of co-mounted doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame, the handleset assembly comprising:

• a first-side handle assembly including a first chassis to be mounted to a first door of the co-mounted doors, the first-side handle assembly also comprising a first rotatable component that is rotatable about an axis of rotation and that is rotatable relative to the first chassis and a first housing to be located on a side of the first door facing a side of a second door of the co-mounted doors, the first housing being rotatable along with the first rotatable component and including a first retention component;
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• a second-side handle assembly including a second chassis to be mounted to the second door, the second-side handle assembly also comprising a second rotatable component that is rotatable about the axis of rotation and a second housing to be located on a side of the second door facing the first housing so as to be positioned adjacent one another upon bringing the first and second housings proximate to one another, the second housing being rotatable along with the second rotatable component and including a second retention component;
• wherein the first and second rotatable components can be operatively rotatably connectable with one another when in the adjacent position of the first and second housings to one another, and further wherein the retention components can engage with one another in the adjacent position of the first and second housings to create a mechanical interference in an axial direction of the axis of rotation of the first and second rotatable components so as to restrict movement of the first and second housings away from one another while the mechanical interference is created.

A door assembly for selectively interlocking first and second co-mounted doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame so as to both open and close in the same rotary direction, the door assembly comprising:

• a door jamb, the door jamb including a hinge-side jamb spaced apart from a latch-side jamb;
• the first door, the first door having the hinge side and a latch side opposite the hinge side thereof;
• the second door, the second door having the hinge side and a latch side opposite the hinge side thereof, the hinge sides of the first and second doors both pivotably mounted to the hinge-side jamb such that the first and second doors pivot individually or together in the same rotary direction relative to the hinge-side jamb between open and closed positions;
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• a handleset assembly for securing together linked handle assemblies of co-mounted doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame, the handleset assembly comprising:
• a first-side handle assembly including a first chassis to be mounted to the first door of the co-mounted doors, the first-side handle assembly also comprising a first rotatable component that is rotatable about an axis of rotation and that is rotatable relative to the first chassis and a first linkage element housing to be located on a side of the first door facing a side of the second door of the co-mounted doors, the first linkage element housing being rotatable along with the first rotatable component and including a first retention component;
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• a second-side handle assembly including a second chassis to be mounted to the second door, the second-side handle assembly also comprising a second rotatable component that is rotatable about the axis of rotation and that is rotatable relative to the second chassis and a second linkage element housing to be located on a side of the second door facing the first linkage element housing so as to interact with one another upon bringing the first and second linkage element housings toward and proximate to one another, the second linkage element housing being rotatable along with the second rotatable component and including a second retention component;
• wherein the first and second rotatable components can be operatively rotatably connectable with one another when the first and second linkage element housings are in a linked position proximate to one another by at least one linkage element provided on each of the first and second linkage element housings, and further wherein the retention components engage with one another in the linked position of the first and second linkage element housings to create a mechanical interference in an axial direction of the axis of rotation of the first and second rotatable components so as to restrict movement of the first and second linkage element housings away from one another while the mechanical interference is created.

A door assembly for selectively interlocking first and second co-mounted doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame so as to both open and close in the same rotary direction, the door assembly comprising:

• a door jamb, the door jamb including a hinge-side jamb spaced apart from a latch-side jamb;
• the first door, the first door having the hinge side and a latch side opposite the hinge side thereof;
• the second door, the second door having the hinge side and a latch side opposite the hinge side thereof, the hinge sides of the first and second doors both pivotably mounted to the hinge-side jamb such that the first and second doors pivot individually or together in the same rotary direction relative to the hinge-side jamb between open and closed positions;
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• a handleset assembly for securing together linked handle assemblies of co-mounted doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame, the handleset assembly comprising:
• a first-side handle assembly including a first chassis to be mounted to the first door of the co-mounted doors, the first-side handle assembly also comprising a first rotatable component that is rotatable about an axis of rotation and that is rotatable relative to the first chassis and a first housing to be located on a side of the first door facing a side of the second door of the co-mounted doors, the first housing being rotatable along with the first rotatable component and including a first retention component;
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• a second-side handle assembly including a second chassis to be mounted to the second door, the second-side handle assembly also comprising a second rotatable component that is rotatable about the axis of rotation and that is rotatable relative to the second chassis and a second housing to be located on a side of the second door facing the first housing so as to interact with one another upon bringing the first and second housings toward and proximate to one another, the second housing being rotatable along with the second rotatable component and including a second retention component;
• wherein the first and second rotatable components can be operatively rotatably connectable with one another when in the adjacent position of the first and second housings to one another, and further wherein the retention components can engage with one another in the adjacent position of the first and second housings to create a mechanical interference in an axial direction of the axis of rotation of the first and second rotatable components so as to restrict movement of the first and second housings away from one another while the mechanical interference is created.