Universal inside-outside door handle

An inside-outside handle assembly for a door panel, said door panel including structure means forming opposed spaced apart faces, said handle assembly including opposed, substantially identical handle parts adapted for mounting on said opposed faces, respectively, and secured to each other to form said handle assembly, said handle parts each include a grip portion and opposed spaced apart legs, said legs each including a transverse surface engageable with one of said opposed faces of said door panel, and elongated fasteners inserted in bores formed in each of said handle parts and engageable with the other of said handle parts only from opposite sides of said door panel to secure said handle assembly to said door panel.

An inside-outside handle assembly for a door panel, said door panel including structure forming opposed spaced apart faces, said handle assembly including opposed, substantially identical molded plastic handle parts adapted for mounting on said opposed faces, respectively, and secured to each other to form said handle assembly, said handle parts each include a grip portion and opposed spaced apart legs extending generally transversely from said grip portion, one of said legs including an elongated shank part and the other of said legs including a bore for receiving the shank part of the opposed handle part when said handle parts are mounted on said door panel, elongated fastener means inserted in a fastener receiving bore formed in one of the legs of each of said handle parts and engageable with the other leg of the other of said handle parts, respectively, for securing said handle parts to each other, and the lengths of said shank parts are predetermined to allow securing said handle parts to each other on door panels of various thicknesses.

An inside-outside handle assembly for a door panel, said door panel including structure forming opposed spaced apart faces, said handle assembly including opposed, substantially identical molded plastic handle parts adapted for mounting on said opposed faces, respectively, and secured to each other to form said handle assembly, said handle parts each include a grip portion and opposed spaced apart legs extending generally transversely from said grip portion, each of said legs including a shank part alignable with the shank part of the opposed handle part when said handle parts are mounted on said door panel, elongated fastener means supported on one of the legs of each of said handle parts and engageable with the other of said handle parts, respectively, for securing said handle parts to each other, and elongated tubular spacers disposed in sleeved relationship over said shank parts and extending between and engaged with said handle parts, respectively, and operable to minimize deflection of said faces of said door panel toward each other when said handle parts are secured to said door panel.