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US 5,706,554 AGranted
Handle fitting, which can be inserted into an opening in a door, particularly a motor-vehicle door
AssigneeEwald Witte GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsEdvard Ruckert, Norbert Schmitz-Kruger
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Abstract
A handle fitting (1) with displaceable actuating handle (10) which fitting can be inserted into an opening in a door (2), particularly the door of a motor vehicle, and fastened by means of a holding member (15). In order to fix the handle fitting in position exclusively from the outside of the door, the holding member (15) is movable into the holding position by displacement of the actuating handle (10)
Claims20
A handle fitting comprising a displaceable actuating handle and a holding member;
- wherein the fitting can be inserted into an opening in a door, in particular the door of a motor vehicle, and be fastened by means of the holding member;
- the fitting has a release position permitting insertion of the fitting into the opening, and a holding position for retaining the fitting in the opening, the retaining of the fitting in the door opening being accomplished by a gripping of an edge of the door opening upon insertion of the fitting in the door opening;
- the holding member is movable, from the release position into the holding position by a sliding over the door opening in response to a displacement of the actuating handle, and the holding member remains in the holding position upon subsequent movement of the actuating handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.