Patent ID: 8469158

Claim:
Operating system for a parking brake of a motor vehicle with a rotatable brake lever which can be manually brought from a release position to a braking position for operating the parking brake and which can without disengaging the parking brake be removed from the braking position, comprising: a. a pulling lever which is separatably connected to the same axle around which the brake lever is rotated, such that the pulling lever follows the movement of the brake lever while the brake lever is brought from said release position to said braking position, the pulling lever being further connected to at least one brake cable, such that rotation of the pulling lever operates the brake; b. a releasable locking mechanism with a locking element which locks the pulling lever in the brake position, said releasable locking mechanism being controlled by a first operating knob; and c. a pawl which allows to separate the connection between the brake lever and the pulling lever independently from the releasable locking mechanism, said pawl being controlled by a second operating knob, wherein d. the first and second operating knobs are both arranged at a front end of the brake lever, such that the actuation of both operating knobs can be performed with a single hand; and wherein e. the pawl is rotatably arranged at the brake lever and generally directly engages a corresponding recess of the pulling lever.