US 11,788,350 B2
Push and slide gate handle
Mark A. Flannery, Longboat Key, FL (US); Gary T. Schultze, Savage, MN (US); Nicholas E. Beattie, Saint Paul, MN (US); and Timothy C. Daggy, Shakopee, MN (US)
Assigned to Regalo International, LLC, Longboat Key, FL (US)
Filed by Regalo International, LLC, Longboat Key, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/19,178.
Application 17/019,178 is a continuation of application No. 16/041,725, filed on Jul. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,774,587.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/540,492, filed on Aug. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0408040 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. E06B 11/02 (2006.01); E06B 9/04 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E06B 3/36 (2006.01); E06B 9/00 (2006.01); E05B 17/20 (2006.01); E05C 1/04 (2006.01); E05B 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 11/02 (2013.01) [E05B 65/0014 (2013.01); E06B 3/36 (2013.01); E06B 9/04 (2013.01); E06B 11/026 (2013.01); E05B 15/101 (2013.01); E05B 17/2019 (2013.01); E05B 65/0007 (2013.01); E05C 1/04 (2013.01); E06B 2009/002 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handle assembly for being operably oriented between first and second structures of a gate assembly, the first structure having a first end portion and the second structure having a second end portion, the handle assembly comprising:
a) a handle between the first and second end portions of the first and second structures, the handle being engaged on the first end portion of the first structure, the handle being slideable on the first end portion of the first structure, the handle having a closed position where the handle receives a section of the second end portion of the second structure, and the handle having an open position where said handle is disengaged from said section of the second end portion of the second structure;
b) the first end portion of the first structure having a first support member with a top face and opposing first and second sides, said top face having a top opening, said first side having a first slot and said second side having a second slot;
c) the first support member having a resilient button therein, the resilient button being aligned with said top opening and being biased to extend therethrough;
d) the handle having a front end, a rear end, and a base extending internally through the handle from the front end to the rear end, the base having an underside riding on the top face of the first support member, the base further having a base opening alignable with the top opening of the first support member;
e) the handle further having a top extending from the front end to the rear end, the top having a button opening;
f) the handle further having a push button extending through the button opening when the handle is in each of the closed and open positions, the push button extendable into the base opening to push the resilient button out of the base opening such that the handle can slide from the closed position to the open position; and
g) the handle further having a pair of first and second housing portions depending from the base, the first housing portion having a first slide extending inwardly therefrom, the second housing portion having a second slide extending inwardly therefrom, said first and second slides respectively engaging said first and second slots of said first support member when the handle is in the open and closed positions.