Patent ID: 7938039

Claim:
A self locking cable control assembly adapted for operating a remotely located mechanism via a control cable, the assembly comprising: a housing; a Bowden cable having a sheath mounted to the housing and a control cable shiftably received within the sheath; a driving member rotatably mounted in the housing and having a handle extending from the housing; a driven member rotatably mounted in the housing and operatively coupled to the driving member and to the control cable; and a locking member mounted to the housing for engaging the driving member and the driven member, whereby shifting of the driving member from an initial position to a second position produces complemental shifting of the driven member, the control cable and the locking member to hold the driven member and control cable against free return movement to the initial position, and whereby shifting of the driving member from the second position to the initial position causes the locking member to move from a holding relationship with the driven member and permit return of the driven member and control cable from the second position to the initial position.