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Control grip for ansate self-propelled appliance

  • US 4,342,369 A
  • Filed: 10/23/1980
  • Issued: 08/03/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an ansate self-propelled appliance having a drive motor and a reversible transmission mounted on a chassis for driving at least one chassis mounted wheel, a control or hand grip mounted on the handle comprising a pair of clam-shell halves having at least one inwardly extending boss, a guide perforation on the handle into which said boss extends providing limited sliding movement of said handle forward and aft and a locking collar structurally associated with at least one of said hand grip halves so as to be rotatable relative thereto while restrained against movement longitudinal relative thereof, said locking ring carrying at least one inwardly extending spring detent to selectively cooperate with a pair of angularly spaced apart recesses provided on said handle tube angularly offset one from the other, one of said recesses being of a length substantially coextensive with said detent spring so that when said detent spring is engaged therein, said hand grip is latched thereby against longitudinal sliding movement, the other of said recesses being elongated so that when said detent spring is engaged therewith, said hand grip control is slidable along the handle tube when pushed or pulled by an operator, and means for connecting said hand grip control with the transmission so that when said hand grip control is pushed forwardly by an operator said appliance will be self-propelled forwardly and when said hand grip control is pulled rearwardly by an operator said appliance will be self-propelled in a rearward direction.

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