Patent ID: 7000593

Claim:
A portable handheld work apparatus including a drive motor, the work apparatus comprising: an actuating arrangement for controlling said drive motor; a throttle lever operatively connected to said actuating arrangement and said throttle lever being movable in an actuation direction for acting on said actuating arrangement; a fixing device for said throttle lever; said fixing device being movable between a latching position and an operation-disabled position; said throttle lever being movable in said actuation direction up to a pregiven position when said fixing device is in said latching position; and, said fixing device including at least one blocking element for fixing said throttle lever in said pregiven position opposed to said actuation direction as soon as said throttle lever has reached said pregiven position when said fixing device is in said latching position and said one blocking element enabling said throttle lever when said fixing device is in said operation-disabled position.