Patent ID: 7124661

Claim:
A parking lever apparatus of a vehicle, comprising: a lever assembly rotatably connected on a bracket by a hinge, the bracket being fixed to a mounting member securable to a vehicle body and a handle being connected to a distal end of the lever assembly; a parking cable connected to the lever assembly to be pulled by operation of the lever assembly for actuation of a brake mechanism; and a casing connected to the mounting member and covering part of the lever assembly, the casing including a guide opening through which the handle and part of the lever assembly is passed, wherein a slider of a predetermined length is mounted to a lower area of the lever assembly, and a guide rail into which the slider is inserted is formed in the casing, the slider undergoing a sliding movement within the guide rail such that when the lever assembly is operated, the slider covers a lower portion of the guide opening of the casing the lower portion being lower than the lever assembly.