Winch-hoist actuating apparatus

For a winch-hoist of a type having a pawl-actuating lever, handle apparatus for use in driving such a lever, comprising a pair of telescopically-arranged tubes, one of said tubes having an interior hollow formed as a container for removable spare parts, means for frictionally securing said tubes in selected positions of telescopic adjustment, and a member for linking said handle apparatus with such a lever, and comprising:

• a rod having, toward one end thereof, a pair of land areas;
• a first annular zone interposed between said land areas and being of a cross section reduced with respect to the cross section of said land areas, said pair of land areas and said first annular zone being cooperative with said lever to releasably secure said rod to said lever;
• a second annular zone of cross section reduced with respect to the cross section of said land areas, and said second annular zone lying to one side of one of said land areas, extending toward the opposite end of said rod, and said rod having a portion projecting within one of said tubes;
• and means interposed between said rod portion and said one tube for releasably securing said rod portion within said one tube in a position such that another portion of said second annular zone extends a predetermined distance beyond the end of said one tube, said other portion being bendable in response to application to said handle of force in excess of a predetermined value without bending the handle.