Protective enclosure for a door handle retaining assembly

A protective enclosure, comprising:

• a hollow body including spaced apart side walls and a front wall attached between said spaced apart side walls;
• a lock-capturing member attached to the hollow body and including a shank-receiving aperture extending therethrough for receiving a shank of a lock, the shank-receiving aperture positioned within the hollow body;
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• a body mounting assembly attached to the hollow body and capable of enabling the hollow body to be pivoted about a longitudinal axis of an elongated door latching member between a mounted position and a dismounted position with respect to a handle retaining assembly of a door and to be axially displaced along the longitudinal axis of the elongated door latching.

A door latching apparatus, comprising:

• an elongated door latching member capable of being pivotally attached to a first door for being moved between a latched position and an unlatched position;
• a door latching handle attached to the elongated door latching member for moving the elongated door latching member between the latched position and the unlatched position;
• a handle retaining assembly capable of being attached to a second door, of retaining the door latching handle in a door latching position and of having a shank of a lock extending therethrough for locking the door latching handle in the latching position;
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• a protective enclosure movably attached to the elongated door latching member for being moved between a mounted position and a dismounted position with respect to the handle retaining assembly, the protective enclosure including:
• a one-piece hollow body including spaced apart side walls, a front wall attached between said spaced apart side walls and a rear wall attached between said spaced apart side walls, the rear wall extending from adjacent to a first end of the one-piece hollow body toward a second end of the one-piece hollow body;
• spaced apart handle-engaging members attached to the rear wall and extending toward the second end of the one-piece hollow body wherein a recess capable of receiving a handle retaining assembly therein is defined between said spaced apart handle engaging members, each one of said spaced apart handle-engaging members being offset from a rear edge of a respective one of said side walls wherein a handle-receiving channel is defined between each one of said spaced apart handle-engaging members and the respective one of said spaced apart side walls;
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• a lock-capturing member attached to the hollow body and including a first shank-receiving aperture extending therethrough, wherein the shank-receiving aperture is positioned within the hollow body and wherein the lock-capturing member and the front wall at least partially define a second shank receiving aperture.

A door latching apparatus, comprising:

• an elongated door latching member capable of being pivotally attached to a door for being moved between a latched position and an unlatched position;
• a door latching handle attached to the elongated door latching member for moving the elongated door latching member between the latched position and the unlatched position;
• a handle retaining assembly capable of being attached to the door, of retaining the door latching handle in a door latching position and of having a shank of a lock extending therethrough for locking the door latching handle in the latching position;
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• a protective enclosure movably attached to the elongated door latching member for being moved between a mounted position and a dismounted position with respect to the handle retaining assembly, the protective enclosure including:
• a one-piece hollow body including spaced apart side walls, a front wall attached between said spaced apart side walls and a rear wall attached between said spaced apart side walls, the rear wall extending from adjacent to a first end of the one-piece hollow body toward a second end of the one-piece hollow body;
• spaced apart handle-engaging members attached to the rear wall and extending toward the second end of the one-piece hollow body wherein a recess capable of receiving a handle retaining assembly therein is defined between said spaced apart handle engaging members, each one of said spaced apart handle-engaging members being offset from a rear edge of a respective one of said side walls wherein a handle-receiving channel is defined between each one of said spaced apart handle-engaging members and the respective one of said spaced apart side walls;
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• a lock-capturing member attached to the hollow body and including a first shank-receiving aperture extending therethrough, wherein the shank-receiving aperture is positioned within the hollow body and wherein the lock-capturing member and the front wall at least partially define a second shank receiving aperture.

A protective enclosure, comprising:

• a one-piece hollow body including spaced apart side walls, a front wall attached between said spaced apart side walls and a rear wall attached between said spaced apart side walls, the rear wall extending from adjacent to a first end of the one-piece hollow body toward a second end of the one-piece hollow body;
• spaced apart handle-engaging members attached to the rear wall and extending toward the second end of the one-piece hollow body wherein a recess capable of receiving a handle retaining assembly therein is defined between said spaced apart handle engaging members, each one of said spaced apart handle-engaging members being offset from a rear edge of a respective one of said side walls wherein a handle-receiving channel is defined between each one of said spaced apart handle-engaging members and the respective one of said spaced apart side walls;
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• a lock-capturing member attached to the hollow body, the lock-capturing member attached at a first end thereof to a first one of said side walls of the hollow body and at a second end thereof to a second one of said side walls of the hollow body, wherein the lock-capturing member and the front wall at least partially define a first shank-receiving aperture and wherein the lock-capturing member is offset from a plane defined by the rear wall whereby the lock-capturing member and the rear wall at least partially define a second shank-receiving aperture.