Patent ID: 7269881

Claim:
A handle for attachment to a rotational shaft, the handle comprising: a lever handle operable to impart torque to the shaft; the lever handle including a notch having a retention element and a plurality of resilient engagement fingers; and a removable alignment boss, separate from the lever handle, for detachably affixing the lever handle to the shaft at a predetermined angular orientation with respect to an alignment surface of the shaft, the alignment boss including a plurality of cam sufaces, axially extending ridges, and a transverse web disposed between the axially extending ridges, the ridges engaging the notch to inhibit relative rotation between the lever handle and the alignment boss, and the transverse web engaging the retention element to maintain the relative axial position between the lever handle and the alignment boss; the cam surfaces operable to urge the resilient engagement fingers into locking engagement with the rotational shaft to maintain the relative axial position between the alignment boss and the shaft.