Brakes – Vehicle – Velocipede
Patent
1974-07-24
1976-04-06
Blix, Trygve M.
Brakes
Vehicle
Velocipede
74489, 74538, 74541, 188265, B62L 306
Patent
active
039483614
ABSTRACT:
A parking brake mechanism for use on vehicles of the type normally using a hand-actuated brake, such as snowmobiles, motorcycles, bicycles and the like. Normally, the hand actuated brake is mounted on a handle bar assembly of the vehicle. The brake includes a lever adjacent a hand grip portion and is pivotally mounted thereon. The brake lever, when manually operated, moves from a brake disengaged position to a brake engaged position. The brake lever is normally biased to a brake disengaged position. A brake cable is normally operatively connected to the brake lever, at one of its ends, and at its other end, is operatively connected to a brake, the lever moving the cable from a brake disengaged position to a brake engaged position. The parking brake mechanism includes a U-shaped actuator member, straddling the hand grip portion, and is movably carried thereon. The actuator member is movable between a first position, when the parking brake mechanism is disengaged, and a second position when the parking brake mechanism is engaged. Cooperating locking elements are provided on the lever and on the actuator member for locking the lever in a locked condition, only when the actuator member is in the second position and only when the brake lever and cable are in the brake engaged position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 735113 (1903-08-01), Kelland et al.
patent: 2472442 (1949-06-01), Schueler
Arctic Enterprises, Inc.
Blix Trygve M.
Kazenske Edward R.
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