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A motor operated gardening appliance having a multi-position, swing-over handle is provided with a handle attachment wherein the pivotal center of the handle may be readily adjusted, so as to achieve a locked-up rigidly secured handle in the selected operating position.

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1. A swing-over handle attachment system for a gardening appliance, comprising a pair of mounting bracket members attached to the appliance, bifurcated handle means having a pair of attachment foot portions in mutually spaced apart relation for individual attachment to a respective bracket, each foo

1. A swing-over handle attachment system for a gardening appliance, comprising a pair of mounting bracket members attached to the appliance, bifurcated handle means having a pair of attachment foot portions in mutually spaced apart relation for individual attachment to a respective bracket, each foot portion having a single pivot pin secured thereto and extending in substantially axially aligned relation with the other pivot pin, each said pivot pin connecting a said foot portion in moveable and pivotal relation with a respective said bracket member, each said bracket member having a plurality of interconnected pin seats to receive a journal portion of a said pivot pin in secured pivotal relation therein, having slots extending upwardly between and interconnecting said pin seats, the width of said slots being less than the diameter of said pin journal portions, to preclude passage of a said pin journal portion therethrough, each said pin having a reduced shank portion for entry within said slots, to permit relocation of said pin journal portion in a selected said pin seat while retaining connection of said handle means with said bracket members, two outer pin seats providing two working positions for said handle, wherein foot portions of said handle spaced from said pins are, in use, located in secured non-pivotal abutting relation with adjoining fixed abutment portions of said appliance and a pin seat intermediate said two outer pin seats providing a third working position for said handle, for free pivotal movement of the handle about said intermediate seat between said two working positions. 2. The appliance as claimed in claim 1, being a lawnmower, wherein said bracket members are located between said handle foot members. 3. The appliance as claimed in claim 1, being a lawnmower, wherein said handle foot members are located between said bracket members. 4. The appliance as claimed in claim 1, each said pin journal being of sufficient axial extent that, when displaced into axial abutting relation with a surface of said bracket bounding said slot a respective said handle foot portion is displaced for free pivotal movement past a projecting portion of said bracket member.