Patent ID: 7140474

Claim:
In a vehicle, the vehicle comprising: a frame, a parking brake for temporarily fixing the position of a wheel, and a parking brake lever for actuating the parking brake, the improvement comprising an attachment structure for attaching the parking brake lever to the frame, said attachment structure constructed and arranged in a manner such that the parking brake lever comprises a grip end and a cable connecting end, wherein the grip end is positioned higher than the cable connecting end, is offset from a centerline of the vehicle, is operatively attached to the frame so as to be pivotally movable toward the fore and aft of the vehicle when operated, and has an axis that is inclined at an acute angle relative to a vertical plane which laterally bisects the vehicle, so that when viewed from the rear of the vehicle, the grip end of the parking brake lever is spaced a greater distance from the plane than the cable connecting end of the parking brake lever, wherein the frame comprises a head pipe, and wherein the attachment structure is configured to locate the parking brake lever proximate the head pipe.