Hand control for motor vehicles

Claim 1

A MANUAL CONTROL FOR OPERATING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL OF MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING A STEERING COLUMN COMPRISING A FIXED HOUSING AND A STEERING WHEEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE UPPER END OF THE HOUSING, SAID CONTROL COMPRISING: (A) A DRIVE SHAFT HAVING UPPER AND LOWER ENDS, (B) MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE DRIVE SHAFT VERTICALLY ON SAID VEHICLE AND ALONG SAID FIXED HOUSING FOR OSCILLATION ABOUT ITS AXIS, (C) A LEVER SECURED AT ONE END TO THE UPPER END OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT FOR IMPARTING SAID OSCILLATION THERETO AND HAVING A HANDLE ON ITS OTHER END MOVABLE ADJACENT AND GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE UNDER SIDE OF SAID STEERING WHEEL WHEREBY THE OPERATOR''S HAND MAY REST ON THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE MOVING THE HANDLE, (D) MEANS INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL SHAFT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT FOR TRANSLATING THE OSCILLATIONS OF THE DRIVE SHAFT INTO OSCILLATIONS OF SAID HORIZONTAL SHAFT ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, (E) MEANS SECURED TO SAID HORIZONTAL SHAFT INCLUDING A LOST MOTION LINKAGE AT ONE SIDE OF SAID HORIZONTAL SHAFT TO OPERATE TO BRAKE PEDAL AND A LOST MOTION LINKAGE AT THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID HORIZONTAL SHAFT TO OPERATE SAID ACCELERATOR PEDAL.