Handle assembly for outdoor power equipment

申请公布号：

US5636504(A)

申请号：

US19950491206

申请日期：

1995.06.16

申请公布日期：

1997.06.10

申请人：

THE TORO COMPANY

发明人：

KALEY, CHARLES F.;SCHMIDT, LARRY W.;STALPES, PHILIP G.

分类号：

A01D34/00;A01D34/82;B62B5/06;(IPC1-7):A01D34/67

主分类号：

A01D34/00

摘要：

A U-shaped handle assembly for an outdoor power equipment unit, such as a lawn mower, comprises two, transversely spaced, upwardly extending handle tubes which are pivotally connected to the housing of the unit adjacent their lower ends. A pair of handle retention brackets mounted on the housing of the unit coact with the handle tube lower ends to define a plurality of adjusted positions of the handle assembly on the unit. These positions comprise a first adjusted position in which the handle assembly is locked to define a normal operational position of the handle assembly, a second adjusted position in which the handle is held by a detent to define a storage position extending vertically upwardly from the housing, and a third adjusted potion in which the handle is held by abutment with a shoulder to define an additional storage position in which the handle assembly extends forwardly on the housing. The handle assembly can be released from its first adjusted position by releasing a single locking mechanism between one of the handle tubes and a first handle retention bracket with the other handle tube then being able to cam its way out of its handle retention bracket during forward rotation of the handle assembly.