Mounting device for securing a handle to a lawn mower

Claim 1

A mounting device for securing a handle means for adjustable movement to different angular positions relative to a deck or housing structure, comprising a bracket means which can be fastened to a deck or housing so as to provide an upstanding surface against which an end of a handle means can be pivotally secured for selective adjustment to different angular positions relative to the deck or housing, said bracket means including (a) a first aperture located at a pivot axis of a handle means secured to the bracket means, and (b) a series of second apertures which define locking positions for a range of angular positions of the handle means relative to the bracket means, a handle means having a terminal end portion to be secured to said bracket means, first and second projecting means carried by said terminal end portion of the handle means, said first and second projecting means being spaced apart and projecting toward said bracket means from a common side of said terminal end portion so that the first projecting means can be received in said first aperture of the bracket means to define a pivot axis of the handle means relative to the bracket means, and the second projecting means can be received in one of the apertures of said series of second apertures, a lever means mounted on said pivot axis, said lever means having an extended portion which can be actuated to urge the terminal end portion of the handle means away from said bracket means for a sufficient distance to move said second projecting means out of engagement with one of said second apertures without moving said first projecting means out of engagement with said first aperture, and means for normally biasing said terminal end portion of the handle means towards said bracket means.