Patent ID: 6935309

Claim:
A throttle plate manipulator, allowing operation of an engine having a throttle plate, the throttle plate having a gas mixer having cross-hairs including a main opening and vertical and horizontal bars extending across the opening, the throttle plate having a butterfly located behind the cross hairs that controls the engine speed, comprising: a manipulator disc, having a central opening centrally located thereon, a control rod hole and an attachment rod hole, the control rod hole is internally threaded, the manipulator disc sized to fit over the cross hairs and fully cover the main opening; an attachment rod, having a first end and a second end, the attachment rod threaded at the first end and having a hook at the second end, such that the attachment rod extends through the attachment rod hole and the hook engages one of the vertical bars of the cross-hairs and allows the manipulator disc to be secured against the gas mixer; a control rod having a first end and second end, the control rod is substantially threaded between the first end and second end, a control handle is located at the first end, the control rod extends through the control rod hole, such that when the manipulator disc is secured against the cross-hairs, the control rod extends against the butterfly and presses thereagainst such that when the control rod is rotated it pushes against the butterfly to manually increase the engine speed.