Patent ID: 7383915
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: B62B,B62D,B66F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Drawbar for power-operated industrial trucks having a drawbar handle which can be pivoted about a horizontal axis in a large angular range between an approximately upright position and a position inclined obliquely to the vertical, a drawbar head arranged at a free end of the drawbar handle, comprising: a horn arranged in an extension of the drawbar handle, grips extending on opposing sides of the horn and approximately transversely to the horn, carrier sections connected to each of said grips and to the horn on both sides via arm sections attached to the end of the grips, the arm sections and carrier sections forming a protective yoke with grip openings and at least one bi-directional control element for a function of the industrial truck on one grip opening which is arranged adjacent to at least one of the carrier and the horn, such that said at least one control element has upper and lower actuating surfaces that are generally shaped to the contour of the carrier and the horn, wherein the control element is actuated from above by pressure using one finger on the upper actuating surface when the drawbar handle is in a position inclined obliquely to vertical, even when the hand grasps the grip facing said element, and actuated in the same manner on the lower actuating surface by finger or thumb pressure when the drawbar handle is in an approximately upright position, wherein the at least one control element is constructed as a rocker switch and is pivotally mounted about a pivot axis on one of the carrier section and the horn, respectively.