Patent ID: 7886632

Claim:
A handle grip for driving a machine, comprising: a shaft that extends along a primarily vertical axis and that forms a grip part; a receptacle that lies at an upper end of said shaft and that holds switch units that face in a forward and upward direction; and a hand rest at a lower end of said shaft with said hand rest having front and rear rest parts, wherein said hand rest has front and rear rest parts that are radially and axially clampable to the shaft and pivotally connected to one another, and said rest parts are moveable parallel to said axis relative to one another to effect a radial and axial locking and unlocking of their pivotal connection, and wherein the pivotal rear rest part comprises: a lower element that is swivelably coupled to the front rest part, thereby providing the radial locking of the pivotal connection, and an upper element forming a region of a hand rest surface and being axially movable with respect to the lower element, thereby providing the axial locking of the pivotal connection.