Handle apparatus

A handle apparatus comprising:

• a handle base fixed to a door of a vehicle which is maintained in a closed state while being restrained by a door lock apparatus;
• a swing lever held inside the door and connected to the handle base to be vertically rotatable, a door restraining release operation of the door lock apparatus being carried out by rotating the swing lever from an initial rotation position to an operational rotation position;
• a handle main body connected to the handle base to be pulled up from an initial rotation position to an operational rotation position and including an operation arm inserted inside the door through an arm insertion hole to drive the swing lever to the operational rotation position when the handle main body is pulled up;
• a blocking piece that is provided on the swing lever and moves to a rear side of the arm insertion hole when the swing lever is located in the operational rotation position so as to block the arm insertion hole from an inside of the door;
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• a rising piece protruding from a side edge of the blocking piece toward an outside of the door so as to narrow a path from the outside of the door through a gap between the arm insertion hole and the blocking piece to a position around a cylinder lock for locking or unlocking the door lock apparatus when the handle main body is rotated to the operational rotation position.