Coupling means for selectively clutching driven shafts to a driving shaft

Claim 1

IN A GEAR UNIT CAPABLE OF ROTATING AT A PLURALITY OF DISTINCT, ANGULAR VELOCITY RATIOS, REPRESENTING COUNTERCLOCKWISE MOTION, NO MOTION, AND CLOCKWISE MOTION, THE COMBINATION OF: A DRIVEN SHAFT, A PAIR OF PARALLEL DRIVING SHAFTS, SAID DRIVING SHAFTS ADAPTED TO ROTATE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AT CONSTANT VELOCITIES, A DRIVING MEMBER FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID DRIVING SHAFTS, A DRIVEN MEMBER FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID DRIVEN SHAFT, SAID DRIVING AND SAID DRIVEN MEMBERS BEING IS FIXED POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF SAID DRIVING SHAFTS AND SAID DRIVEN SHAFT, CONNECTING MEANS MOVABLE BETWEEN AN ACTIVE AND AN INACTIVE POSITION SELECTIVELY TO BE INTERCONNECTED BETWEEN SAID DRIVEN MEMBER AND ONE OF SAID DRIVING MEMBERS SELECTIVELY TO COUPLE SAID DRIVEN SHAFT TO ONE OF SAID DRIVING SHAFTS, ROTATABLE STOP DRIVEN SHAFT VIDED ON SAID DRIVEN MEMBER, AND STATIONARY STOP MEANS NORMALLY ENGAGING SAID ROTATABLE STOP MEANS TO HOLD SAID DRIVEN MEMBER MOTIONLESS, SAID STATIONARY STOP MEANS ADAPTED TO BE DISENGAGED FROM SAID ROTATABLE STOP MEANS WHEN SAID CONNECTING MEANS SELECTIVELY ARE INTERCONNECTED BETWEEN SAID DRIVEN MEMBER AND ONE OF SAID DRIVING MEMBERS.