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Claim 1

IN A GEAR SELECTOR MECHANISM OF A CHARACTER ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO A TRANSMISSION THE COMBINATION OF, (A) SUPPORT MEANS, (B) CONTROL MEANS ROTATABLY AND SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID SUPPORT MEANS, (C) A PLURALITY OF SHIFT FORK MEANS, (D) SUPPORTING MEANS SUPPORTING EACH SHIFT FORK MEANS ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS FOR RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT TRASVERSE OF SAID CONTROL ROD MEANS BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS, (E) SAID CONTROL MEANS BEING SLIDABLY MOVABLE TO A SELECTING POSITION CORRESPONDING TO EACH SHIFT FORK MEANS, (F) MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID CONTROL MEANS TO ONE SHIFT FORK MEANS IN EACH SELECTING POSITIONS TO MOVE ONE SHIFT FORK MEANS BETWEEN ITS PLURALITY OF POSITIONS WHEN SAID CONTROL MEANS IS ROTATED, (G) LOCKING MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID SUPPORTING MEANS CONJOINTLY MOVABLE WITH SAID CONTROL MEANS TO EACH SELECTING POSITION, (H) SAID PLURALITY OF SHIFT FORK MEANS HAVING LOCK MEANS SELECTIVELY CO-OPERATIVELY WITH SAID LOCKING MEANS IN EACH SELECTING POSITION TO LOCK THE NON-SELECTED SHIFT FORK MEANS IN ONE OF THEIR POSITIONS, (I) AND MEANS ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND SHIFT FORK MEANS TO YIELDINGLY HOLD SAID SHIFT FORK MEANS IN EACH OF THEIR POSITIONS.