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US 6,543,089 B2Granted
Door handle assembly and door assembly including the same
OwnerRandy Tasmaninventor
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Abstract
A door handle assembly includes a first handle and a second handle. First posts are rotatably secured to the handles, and second posts are non-rotatably secured to the handles. A threaded rod is threadably engageable with internally threaded bores formed in each first post and second post. A door panel includes bores for receiving the threaded rods so that the first handle and second handle are secured to opposite sides of the door panel when the first and second posts are engaged with the threaded rods. A door assembly includes the aforementioned door handle assembly.
Claims29
A door handle assembly, comprising:
- a first handle;
- a second handle;
- at least one first post, each of the at least one first posts including a first internally threaded bore;
- at least one second post, each of the at least one second posts corresponding to a respective one of the at least one first posts, each of the at least one second posts including a second internally threaded bore;
- at least one externally threaded rod, each of the at least one externally threaded rods corresponding to and threadably engageable with a respective one of the at least one first posts and a respective one of the at least one second posts;
- wherein for each corresponding pair of first posts and second posts, the first post is secured to one of the first handle and the second handle and rotatable relative to the one of the first handle and the second handle, and the second post is secured to the other one of the first handle and the second handle and non-rotatable relative to the other one of the first handle and the second handle.
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A door assembly, comprising:
- a door panel;
- a first handle disposed on a first side of the door panel;
- a second handle disposed on a second side of the door panel;
- at least one first post, each of the at least one first posts including a first internally threaded bore;
- at least one second post, each of the at least one second posts corresponding to a respective one of the at least one first posts, each of the at least one second posts including a second internally threaded bore;
- and
- at least one externally threaded rod, each of the externally threaded rods corresponding to and threadably engageable with a respective one of the at least one first posts and a respective one of the at least one second posts, the door panel including at least one bore for receiving a respective one of at least one externally threaded rods therethrough;
- wherein for each corresponding pair of first posts and second posts, the first post is secured to one of the first handle and the second handle and rotatable relative to the one of the first handle and the second handle, and the second post is secured to the other of the first handle and the second handle and non-rotatable relative to the other one of the first handle and the second handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.