Adjustable universal operating lever extension
AssigneeStearns Inc.
InventorsDennis Hancock, Jeffrey D Hancock
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Abstract
An adjustable extension lever to be attached to a control lever of a vehicle such as an all-terrain vehicle, snowmobile, motorcycle or personal watercraft to extend the lever surface available to be contacted during control of the vehicle and including a bendable lever extension that will bend under a bending force greater than the operating force required to operate the vehicle control lever to insure a comfortably located thumb and/or palm engagement surface on an extender connected to and pivot able with the control lever.
Claims4
An adjustable extension lever for connection to a control lever of a vehicle having a handlebar comprising
- an extender portion;
- a first attachment plate connected to said extender portion;
- a second attachment plate;
- a strap interconnecting said first and second attachment plates with said extender portion projecting from said first attachment plate, wherein said extender portion is bent in response to a first force application to said extender portion said first force being greater than application of force to said extender application required to operate the control of the vehicle;
- a pair of parallel, spaced apart hinges extending across said strap;
- and means interconnecting said first and second attachment plates for clamping said plates toward one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.