Some proposals for ALGOL X

A vehicle park engagement apparatus for a vehicle enables the vehicle transmission selector lever to be fully urged into the park position detent. The apparatus includes a bracket for rotatably supporting one end of a bell crank rod which is rotatably mounted at an opposed end in a fixed position on the vehicle. The bracket is constructed so as to allow translation of the one end of the bell crank rod after the transmission linkage has fully engaged the park position stop to permit further travel of the selector lever into the park position detent. In one embodiment, the bracket is provided with an elongated, horizontally extending slot to permit translation of the one end of the bell crank rod. In another embodiment, the bracket is movably placed into engagement with the vehicle so as to enable the bracket and the bell crank rod rotatably mounted therein to translate after the transmission linkage has stationarily engaged the park position in the transmission.