Pivot control for hand grip useful for vehicles

A pivotable hand grip for pivotable connection to a body, with return movement of the hand grip being braked, the hand grip comprising:

• the grip comprising a grippable web and two spaced apart arms which are connected to the web and are moveable with the web, each arm having a free end away from the web, a bearing pin connected with the arm free end for moving with the arm free end as the grip is pivoted around the bearing pins as a pivot;
• a bracket fastenable to the body, and the bearing pin also being connected with the bracket to pivot around the axis of the bearing pin with respect to the bracket as the grip is pivoted with the bearing pin around the axis of the bearing pin;
• a return spring connected with the grip to bias the grip to return to a position of non-use when the grip arm is pivoted around the bearing pin to a position of use and the return spring being positioned to be tensioned as the grip is pivoted to the position of use;
• a friction brake for preventing sudden movement of the grip to the position of non-use under the bias of the return spring by decelerating the turning movement of the grip, the brake comprising a molding of wear resistant material having a bore defined in it at a position to receive and the bore receiving an axial region of the bearing pin, the axial region of the bearing pin and the bore in the wear resistant molding being of respective diameters as to enable the bearing pin and the grip with it to pivot with respect to the molding while decelerating the return movement of the grip under the bias of the spring to prevent the grip from banging the body to which the bracket is attached as the grip returns to the position of non-use.