Patent ID: 7526980

Claim:
A repositionable operating lever comprising: a lever body having a handle and a generally hollow cylindrical housing that includes inner and outer end portions, said inner end portion having a multiple-sided interior wall configured to engage a multiple-sided head portion of a rotatable adjusting member, said outer end portion having a larger inside diameter than said inner end portion to thereby form an annular shoulder; said rotatable adjusting member threadably engagable with a threaded bolt, said adjusting member being positioned in said cylindrical housing, and having said multiple-sided head portion engaging said multiple-sided wall of said inner end portion of said cylindrical housing when said adjusting member is in its normal operation position, said adjusting member being configured to contact said lever body and prevent relative rotational movement of said adjusting member relative to said lever body when said lever body is in a normal engaged operating position and permit relative rotational movement of said adjusting member relative to said lever body when said lever body is axially moved to disengage said multiple-sided head portion from said multiple-sided wall of said inner end portion; a generally cylindrical end piece configured to fit within said outer end portion of said cylindrical housing and having a reduced outside diameter inwardly of an end surface to form an annular shoulder, and having a locking configuration for automatically locking said end piece to said adjusting member when pressed onto said adjusting member; a biasing member having an inner end and an outer end, said biasing member being configured and positioned between said end piece annular shoulder and said cylindrical housing annular shoulder to bias said adjusting member toward its normal operating position; said lever body being capable of being axially moved to disengage said multiple-sided head portion from said multiple-sided wall of said inner end portion of said adjusting member by manipulation overcoming the biasing force, thereby permitting relative rotation of said lever body and said adjusting member to angularly reposition said lever body on said adjusting member.