THROTTLE LEVER BREAKAWAY MECHANISM

摘要

A throttle lever (17) for use with vehicles such as ATVs with a throttle housing including a vehicle throttle control mechanism. The lever engages th e control mechanism by a shaft (13) engaging the control mechanism. A thrott le lever arm rotates the shaft to control the throttle control. A failure po int (19) on the lever is placed external of the housing, whereby impact on t he throttle lever arm causes failure at the failure point, leaving a portion of the throttle lever arm for continued operation. The preferred failure is a groove, on the lever arm facing toward the direction of travel of the veh icle.