Manually actuable apparatus enabling a door to be selectively hinged at either side

In combination, a body, a door connected to the body and including a fixed handle structure for opening the door, and a door-securing mechanism enabling the door to be opened selectively at either side thereof while an opposite side forms a hinge, the door-securing mechanism comprising:

• a pair of hinge pins disposed on one of the body and door and disposed at respective opposite sides thereof for defining spaced apart axes, respectively;
• a pair of pin slots carried by the other of the body and door and disposed on opposite sides thereof for receiving the hinge pins when the door is closed;
• a pair of pin grippers mounted on the other of the body and door adjacent the pin slots, each pin gripper being movable between a release state permitting one of the hinge pins to enter and leave its respective pin slot, and a retaining state preventing the one of the hinge pins from leaving the respective pin slot so as to form a hinge axis for the door;
• a latch comprising a bar having opposite ends disposed adjacent respective pin grippers and being movable alone a longitudinal axis of the bar between a first position maintaining one of the pin grippers in its release state and the other pin gripper in its retaining state, and a second position maintaining the one of the pin in the retaining state and the other pin gripper in the release state:
• a retainer for releasably securing the latch in each of the first and second positions;
• and
• a manually movable switching knob operably connected to said bar for actuating said bar, said knob being exposed for actuation by a user when the door is closed.