Patent ID: 7513322

Claim:
An ignition module for use with a lawn tractor having an engine and a power take off driven implement; said ignition module comprising: a housing that mounts to a tractor dashboard having a cutout for accessing a housing interior; an ignition switch supported by the housing: an inhibit circuit component for preventing operation of a power take off driven implement with the tractor in reverse; an override circuit component that allows operation of a power take off driven implement while the lawn tractor is in reverse after the override switch is actuated by a tractor operator; a substrate for supporting said inhibit circuit and said override circuit components within the housing interior; and an override switch comprising: a pair of contacts mounted to said substrate within the housing that form a part of the override circuit component, a switch actuator overlying the cutout of said housing, and a conductor for selective bridging said contacts in response to user actuation of the switch actuator.