Patent ID: 7140476

Claim:
Hand brake lever, for a motor vehicle in which a brake locking device ( 5 ) has a pivoted lock pawl ( 21 ) that engages with a toothed catch element ( 25 ) to maintain a tightened condition of the brakes and the lock pawl ( 21 ) disengages from the toothed catch element ( 25 ) to release the tightened condition of the brakes, comprising: a lever ( 1 ) having at least two tubes ( 2 , 3 ) telescoping into each other to adjust the length of the lever ( 1 ), the first tube ( 2 ) having a free end for actuation by the driver and the second tube ( 3 ) being connected to the locking device ( 5 ); an actuation element ( 8 ) mounted on the free end of the first tube ( 2 ) for actuation by the driver; and a device including a rod ( 14 ) and an inner tube ( 18 ) located inside the tubes ( 2 , 3 ) of lever ( 1 ) and connected with one another in a manner causing rotation of the rod ( 14 ) and the inner tube ( 18 ) together when the actuator ( 8 ) is actuated by the driver, but permitting the rod ( 14 ) to telescope with the inner tube ( 18 ) during the telescoping of the first and second tubes ( 2 , 3 ) by the driver to adjust the length of the lever ( 1 ), and further acting to release the lock pawl ( 21 ) from the toothed catch element ( 25 ) upon the rotation of the rod ( 14 ) and inner tube ( 18 ).