Hand brake control device for motor vehicles

Device to control the hand brake in motor vehicles, including a control lever (2) pivoting from a lower position to an upper position while carrying along a drive lever (7). It is connected to the drive lever by abutment means that can be disengaged (32, 33) in order to take the control lever back to the lower rest position while the drive lever stays in the actuating position. Said means consist of a through pin (33) fixed to the end of a rod (24) sliding inside the lever (2), adapted to translate, integral with the rod, in slots (34) made on the lever (2) between two end positions and to become engaged in one of said positions with a shelf (32) made on the drive lever.