Sliding door handle with pivot pins

A door handle for a sliding door comprising:

• a handle base adapted for mounting on the sliding door, the handle base including a removable mounting plate having a pinion gear adapted for connection to a latching mechanism to latch the sliding door to a door frame and a pair of arms extending away from the handle base;
• a handle pivotally mounted between the arms of the handle base for rotation about a pivot axis, the handle including a handle gear for driving the pinion gear as the handle pivots and a pair of handle inserts located in opposite ends of the handle, each handle insert having a pivot opening;
• a pair of clips mounted in the arms of the handle base on opposite sides of the handle;
• a pair of opposed pivot pins corresponding to the pair of clips and mounted within respective ones of the clips, the pivot pins being axially slidable along the pivot axis towards and away from each other and into and out of engagement with the pivot openings of the handle inserts to hold the handle in pivoting relationship to the handle base when the pivot pins slide axially towards each other, the handle being removable from the handle base when the pivot pins axially slide away from each other;
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• a pair of sliding wedges insertable into the clips, the wedges correspond to the pair of pivot pins and each wedge being movable between the second wedge position preventing the pivot pins from axially sliding away from each other and the first wedge position for allowing the pivot pins to axially slide away from each other to allow disengagement with and removal of the handle inserts when the wedges are in the first position.