Wheel-braking device for motor vehicles

A wheel-braking device for a motor vehicle equipped with a hand-brake lever having two brake cables which connect said hand-brake lever directly to respective braking mechanisms for each of two wheels of said motor vehicle, said wheel-braking device comprising:

• a selector lever containing a two-armed rocker means rotatably mounted about a neutral pivot point positioned on said hand-brake lever;
• the arms of said rocker means extending laterally from the hand-brake lever;
• the free end portion of said rocker arms being attached to said brake cables, and also provided with laterally disposed notches;
• said selector lever being selectively shiftable, laterally from said neutral pivot point to engage either of said lateral notches so that said rocker means is selectively pivotable in one of said notches about said hand-brake lever for braking one wheel of the motor vehicle and transferring the entire driving force to the other wheel thereof when the hand-brake lever is pivoted to a normal brake operating position, and
• said selector lever being selectively shiftable, laterally to a neutral notch for braking both wheels of the motor vehicle when the hand-brake is pivoted to a normal brake operating position.