Patent ID: 7237633

Claim:
A control circuit for use with a lawn and garden tractor having an engine, a power take off driven implement, and a safety switch for detecting a condition of the lawn and garden tractor; said control circuit comprising: a) a first override switch and a second override switch which in combination allow operation of the power take off driven implement when the lawn tractor is in reverse; and b) an override circuit component coupled to the safety switch and the first and second override switches that allows operation of a power take off driven implement when the lawn tractor is shifted to reverse if the override circuit component is in a first state caused by user actuation of both the first and the second override switches in a specific order and inhibits operation of the power take off driven implement when the lawn tractor is shifted to reverse if the override circuit component is in a second state; c) said override circuit component also preventing said power take off driven implement from operating based on a condition of the safety switch.