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US 2024/0200359 A1Published application
Exit trim with simplified lever handing
AssigneeSchlage Lock Company LLC
InventorsJack R. Lehner, JR., Joseph Janik
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Abstract
There is disclosed an exit trim that permits simplified changing of the handing of a lever handle between a left hand and a right hand orientation. The handing orientation of the lever handle can be repositioned without disassembling the exit trim or removing components positioned within the exit trim.
Claims21
1-22. (canceled)
A method for handing an exit trim assembly for a door, the method comprising:
- positioning a lever handle through an input cam located within an escutcheon;
- coupling the lever handle to the input cam in a first orientation relative to the door with a locking member;
- displacing the locking member relative to the input cam and the lever handle in order to decouple the lever handle from the input cam;
- rotating the de-coupled lever handle from the first orientation to a second orientation that is substantially opposite the first orientation;
- and
- coupling the lever handle in the second orientation to the input cam with the locking member.
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A method for handing an exit trim assembly for a door, the method comprising:
- positioning a lever handle through an input cam assembly located within an escutcheon, the input cam assembly being configured to operate a latch mechanism to open and close the door;
- rotating the lever handle to select one of a first orientation and a second orientation relative to the door, wherein the second orientation is substantially opposite the first orientation;
- and
- locking the lever handle in the selected one of the first orientation and the second orientation with the input cam assembly, wherein the input cam assembly can be unlocked from the lever handle to re-orient the lever handle to the other of the first orientation and the second orientation and then locked with the input cam assembly in the other of the first orientation and the second orientation.
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A method for handing an exit trim assembly for a door, the method comprising:
- inserting an engagement tool into engagement with a locking mechanism located within an escutcheon;
- manipulating the engagement tool to displace the locking member relative to an input cam in order to de-couple a lever handle from the input cam, wherein the input cam is configured to operate a latch mechanism of the door;
- rotating the de-coupled lever handle from a first orientation relative to the door to a second orientation relative to the door that is substantially opposite the first orientation;
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- coupling the lever handle in the second orientation to the input cam with the locking member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.