Western International, Inc.

Timothy E Berry

C Austin Greider

A control assembly associated with a walk-behind mower having a handle bar that is attached to a rear portion of the mower body and is formed with opposite side portions and a rear cross portion extending between the side portions. Forming the control assembly, are two curved bale members juxtaposed in a side-to-side relationship with one another and pivotally connected between the side portions of the mower handle bar. A first control cable connects one of the pivotable bale members with an operator zone engine kill/restart assembly and a second control cable connects the other bale member with the wheel clutch so that these assemblies can be independently actuated by consecutive movement of the bale members to actuating positions. In a first preferred embodiment, each of the bale members includes a transverse portion conforming to the peripheral shape of the cross portion of the handle bar whereby the handle bar cross portion is received in the bale transverse portion when the bale is in an actuating position to operatively form a unitary member therewith.

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Johnston, IA, United States of America

Timothy E Berry