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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1979
James F Peterson, Franklin, TN (US);
Joe Crabtree, Lewisburg, TN (US);
Donald C Coleman, Gallatin, TN (US);
The Murray Ohio Manufacturing Co., Brentwood, TN (US);
Abstract
A cantilevered spring is supported proximate the transaxle of a piece of power equipment so as to be operatively related to the shift lever used to actuate the transaxle. The cantilevered portion of the spring comprises a main resilient section and an extension at its outer end which lies in a plane angularly related to that of the main section of the spring. The extension is provided with an elongated slot having a major axis which extends parallel to the plane of the spring's main section. The shift lever is received in the slot whereby actuation of the lever in a direction normal to the slot's major axis is resisted by the spring.