Patent ID: 7562602

Claim:
A gearshift lever with reverse gear lock-out, comprising: a manual gearshift lever with a gearshift knob; a control line sheath connected to the manual gearshift lever; a cable control line connected to the gearshift lever to actuate the reverse gear lock-out; a ball having a selector finger and being located beneath the manual gearshift lever; a housing located beneath the manual gearshift lever; an elbow lever located beneath the manual gearshift lever, said elbow lever having one shaft that pivots on the housing and another shaft that receives the selector finger of the ball; a lever of the reverse gear lock-out that pivots around a pin in the housing, said cable control line acting on said lever of the reverse gear lock-out and blocking the motion of the elbow lever; and a first detent for the cable control line on the manual gearshift lever, said manual gearshift lever having a curvature between the control line sheath and the ball, said first detent being located on the manual gearshift lever between the curvature and the control line sheath, and a core of the cable control line having an end being connected to the control line sheath, and a second detent on the housing for the cable control line, an opposite end of the core of the cable control line being connected to one end of the lever of the reverse gear lock-out.