Closure fasteners – Bolts – Swinging
Patent
1998-05-11
2000-04-25
Meyers, Steven
Closure fasteners
Bolts
Swinging
292228, 292DIG71, 292DIG63, 292DIG38, E05C 304
Patent
active
06053544&
ABSTRACT:
A locking handle for a refrigerator includes a mounting element rigidly secured to a refrigerator door, a hand grip rigidly secured to the mounting element, and a latch attached to the mounting element. The latch has a catch movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and an actuator operably connected to the catch for moving the catch from the locked position to the unlocked position. The latch provides a positive lock which is actuated to an unlocked position with a manipulation separate from pulling the hand grip but has an actuator located near the hand grip so that it can be manipulated by a hand grasping and pulling the hand grip. In a first embodiment, the catch is integrally molded with the mounting portion and is laterally deflectable away from a retainer mounted beside the door. In a second embodiment the catch is a vertically extending spindle which is downwardly movable away from a retainer mounted above the door.
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Alvring Gunnar
Andersson Kenneth
Lindqvist Per-Olof
Moseley Andrew
Nilsson Bo
Meyers Steven
Vaterlaus Clifford B
White Consoldiated Industries, Inc.
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