Single lever operating controls

Claim 1

A SINGLE LEVER OPERATING CONTROL FOR TWO OPERATING LEADS OF THE TYPE HAVING TELESCOPED INNER AND OUTER PARTS WHICH ARE RELATIVELY MOVABLE; THE CONTROL COMPRISING A FIRST HOUSING PART HAVING A BASE AND A PERIPHERAL WALL UPSTANDING FROM THE BASE TO DEFINE AN ENCLOSURE; SEPARATE FIRST AND SECOND CHANNEL SECTION GUIDES, EACH HAVING OPPOSED WALLS AND A BOTTOM, MOUNTED BETWEEN OPPOSED PORTIONS OF THE PERIPHERAL WALL IN SPACED RELATION TO THE BASE AND WITH THE OPEN SIDES OF THE CHANNELS FACING AWAY FROM THE BASE, THE FIRST GUIDE BEING REVERSIBLE SO AS TO BE MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID OPPOSED PORTIONS IN EITHER OF TWO OPPOSITE ORIENTATIONS AND HAVING A SLOT IN THE BOTTOM OF ITS CHANNEL ADJACENT TO ONE END OF THE GUIDE; FIRST AND SECOND OPERATING ELEMENTS SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN THE FIRST AND SECOND GUIDES RESPECTIVELY; MEANS ON EACH OPERATING ELEMENT FOR SECURING THE INNER PART OF ONE OF SAID LEADS; MEANS ADJACENT TO ENDS OF THE GUIDES TO ANCHOR THE OUTER PARTS OF SAID LEADS; A SECOND HOUSING PART SECURED AGAINST SAID PERIPHERAL WALL AND RETAINING THE OPERATING ELEMENTS IN THE CHANNELS IN THE GUIDES; AN OPERATING LEVER JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION IN THE HOUSING TO EITHER SIDE OF A NEUTRAL POSITION; AND MECHANISM IN SAID ENCLOSURE AND INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE LEVER AND SAID ELEMENTS TO MOVE THE ELEMENTS SEQUENTIALLY WHEN THE LEVER IS MOVED FROM ITS NEUTRAL POSITION, SAID MECHANISM INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED ALTERNATIVE MOUNTS ON SAID FIRST HOUSING PART TO SUPPORT A CRANK, A CRANK ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON ONE OF THE MOUNTS BETWEEN THE BASE AND THE FIRST GUIDE, AND RELEASABLE INTERCONNECTING MEANS BETWEEN THE CRANK AND THE FIRST OPERATING ELEMENT AND PASSING THROUGH SAID SLOT; AND WHEREIN, WHEN THE FIRST GUIDE IS IN ONE OF SAID ORIENTATIONS, SAID SLOT IS LOCATED TO PASS THE INTERCONNECTING MEANS WHEN THE CRANK IS SUPPORTED ON ONE OF SAID MOUNTS WHEREAS, WHEN THE FIRST GUIDE IS IN THE OTHER OF SAID ORIENTATIONS, SAID SLOT IS LOCATED TO PASS THE INTERCONNECTING MEANS WHEN THE CRANK IS SUPPORTED ON THE OTHER OF SAID MOUNTS.