Gear selector

A gear selector comprising a gate pattern and a gear lever arranged to be moveable within the gate pattern by an operator, the gate pattern comprising:

• a high range gate sub-pattern comprising two or more high range gear planes, wherein the gear lever is positionable in one of the two or more high range gear planes to select a high range gear;
• a low range gate sub-pattern comprising a low range gear plane, wherein the gear lever is positionable in the low range gear plane to select a low range gear;
• a neutral plane extending transversely with respect to the gear planes;
• a biasing means arranged to urge the gear lever when in the neutral plane toward a resting position, wherein the resting position is in the neutral plane and one of the two or more high range gear planes, and wherein the gear lever is moveable by the operator against the biasing means through application of a predetermined force to the gear lever;
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• a first interference positioned in the neutral plane and arranged to divide the high range gate sub-pattern from the low range gate sub-pattern, wherein the first interference comprises an interference member and a spring, the spring urging the interference member into a first position where the interference member interferes with movement of the gear lever within the neutral plane from the high range gate sub-pattern into the low range gate sub-pattern, the spring allowing the gear lever to move within the neutral plane past the first interference from the high range gate sub-pattern to the low range gate sub-pattern when a first predefined action is performed by the operator, the spring urging the interference member into a second position where the interference member interferes with movement of the gear lever within the neutral plane from the low range gate sub-pattern into the high range gate sub-pattern subsequent to the first predefined action being performed by the operator, wherein a force of the biasing means to urge the gear lever toward the resting position is insufficient to move the gear lever past the interference member in the second position, the spring allowing the gear lever to move within the neutral plane from the low range gate sub-pattern into the high range gate sub-pattern when the operator performs a second predefined action.