Single handed triple control for automotive vehicles

Claim 1

AN AUTOMOBILE CONTROL COMPRISING A SLEEVE, MEANS FOR MOUNTING ONE END OF SAID SLEEVE ON THE FRAME OF THE AUTOMOBILE FOR UNIVERSAL MOVEMENT OF SAID SLEEVE ABOUT SAID ONE END AND WITH THE OTHER END EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF SAID AUTOMOBILE, AN ARCUATE GEAR MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID GEAR MEMBER ON SAID FRAME FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS LYING IN A PLANE WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AND PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID AUTOMOBILE, CONNECTING MEANS BETWEEN SAID GEAR MEMBER AND SAID SLEEVE FOR TRANSLATING HORIZONTAL COMPONENTS OF MOTION OF SAID SLEEVE AS IT IS MOVED ABOUT SAID MOUNTING MEANS INTO LIMITED ROTATION OF SAID GEAR MEMBER, HYDRAULIC STEERING CONTROL MEANS FOR SAID AUTOMOBILE MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, A RACK MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT TANGENTIALLY TO AND MESHING WITH SAID GEAR MEMBER AND CONNECTED TO SAID STEERING CONTROL MEANS FOR CAUSING LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID RACK IN EITHER DIRECTION TO EFFECT STEERING OF SAID AUTOMOBILE IN A CORRESPONDING DIRECTION, A LEVER EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ONE END OF SAID SLEEVE AND LYING IN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PLANE WHICH IS PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID AUTOMOBILE, A THROTTLE VALVE MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, A LINK CONNECTING THE END OF SAID LEVER WITH SAID THROTTLE VALVE SO AS TO CAUSE VERTICAL COMPONENTS OF MOVEMENTS OF SAID SLEEVE TO CAUSE CORRESPONDING ADJUSTMENTS OF SAID THROTTLE VALVE, A ROD SLIDABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID SLEEVE AND HAVING ONE END EXTENDING OUT OF THE REAR END OF SAID SLEEVE, A HANDLE ATTACHED TO SAID ONE END OF SAID ROD, A HYDRAULIC BRAKE VALVE FOR CONTROLLING THE BRAKES OF SAID AUTOMOBILE MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME ADJACENT TO AND FORWARD OF SAID MOUNTING MEANS, AND A FLEXIBLE CABLE HAVING ONE END ATTACHED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID ROD AND THE OTHER END EXTENDING OUT AND SAID SLEEVE AND CONNECTED TO SAID BRAKE VALVE, WHEREBY A REARWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID ROD WITH RESPECT TO SAID SLEEVE WILL OPERATE SAID BRAKE VALVE TO SET THE BRAKES.