Patent ID: 7032333

Claim:
An improved snowthrower of the type having a chute rotatable about a substantially vertical axis for directing a snow stream laterally with respect to the snowthrower, a deflector carried on the chute with the deflector being pivotal about a substantially horizontal axis for adjusting the trajectory of the snow stream, and a control on the snowthrower for operating the chute and the deflector, wherein the improvement relates to the control which comprises; (a) a single control handle carried on the snowthrower for motion along first and second axes; (b) a first mechanical, non-motorized linkage coupling the chute to the control handle such that movement of the control handle along the first axis rotates the chute about the substantially vertical axis; (c) a second mechanical, non-motorized linkage coupling the deflector to the control handle such that movement of the control handle along the second axis pivots the deflector on the chute about the substantially horizontal axis; and (d) a locking mechanism for holding the chute and deflector in adjusted positions, wherein the locking mechanism includes a first latch for holding the chute in an adjusted position and a second latch for holding the deflector in an adjusted position.