One-handed joystick for excavators

A method for operating a tool of an excavator, comprising the steps of:

• providing a joystick base having a first electrical output for left to right movement and a second electrical output for forward to backward movement;
• extending an outer base ring from a top of said joystick base;
• retaining rotatably an inner base ring in an inner perimeter of said outer base ring, associating rotation of said inner base ring in one direction with a first movement of the tool, associating rotation of said inner base ring in an opposite direction with a second movement of the tool;
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• retaining rotatably a rotatable cylinder bar in said inner base ring, said rotatable cylinder bar is sized to be grasped, said rotatable cylinder bar includes a lengthwise axis, said rotatable cylinder bar rotates about said lengthwise axis, rotating said rotatable cylinder bar in one direction is associated with a third movement of the tool, rotating said rotatable cylinder bar in an opposite direction is associated with a fourth movement of the tool.

A method for operating a first tool, a second tool and a third tool of an excavator, comprising the steps of:

• providing a joystick base with an electrical output for left, right, forward and backward movement;
• extending an outer base ring from a top of said joystick base, moving said joystick base to the left causes the first tool to have a first movement, moving said joystick base to the right causes the first tool to have a second movement, moving said joystick base forward causes the second tool to have a third movement, moving said joystick base backward causes the second tool to have a fourth movement;
• retaining rotatably an inner base ring in an inner perimeter of said outer base ring;
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• retaining a cylinder bar in said inner base ring, said cylinder bar is sized to be grasped, rotating said inner base ring in one direction causes the third tool to have a fifth movement, rotating said inner base ring in an opposite direction causes the third tool to have a sixth movement.