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Abstract

A lever latch lock assembly including:

a. a lock housing mounted in the door including a lock bolt movable along a first axis, a spindle extending along a second axis generally perpendicular to the first axis, the spindle extending outward at each of the interior and exterior sides of the housing and terminating in opposite ends, and a transmission which converts rotation of the spindle to axial motion the lock bolt,b. a lever assembly attached to each of the spindle's ends and adapted to rotate the spindle, the lever assembly, including: (1) an escutcheon formed as a truncated generally conical cylinder having (i) a base of first diameter adapted to be situated closely adjacent one of the interior and exterior sides of the door and coaxial with the second axis,(ii) a top end having a top edge opposite the base, the top end having a smaller diameter than the first diameter, and(iii) a bore through which extends the spindle, and (2) a lever including (i) a hub part and(ii) an elongated handle part extending from one side of the escutcheon in a direction transverse of the second axis, the handle having a top part that extends as a smooth contiguous uninterrupted surface from the top of the hub.

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