Patent ID: 7784582

Claim:
A drive switching lever structure for a vehicle, including a lever bracket swingably supported by a vehicle body side and a single control lever supported by the lever bracket swingably in a direction different from that of a swing of the lever bracket, in which the single control lever can operate a two-wheel-drive/four-wheel-drive switching mechanism and a differential lock on/off switching mechanism, the drive switching lever structure comprising: a following arm rotatably supported by the vehicle body side; first interlinking means, connected to the lever bracket, for operating an operating portion of one of the switching mechanisms; and second interlinking means, connected to the following arm, for operating an operating portion of the other of the switching mechanisms; wherein when the control lever is swung independently of the lever bracket, the following arm is swung in engagement with a shaft portion of the control lever, wherein the following arm is formed in a scissors-shape having a slit, wherein the shaft portion of the control lever is movable from a position outside the slit to another position directly inside the slit.