Left foot accelerator

Claim 1

A LEFT FOOT ACCELERATOR COMPRISING A MOUNTING BASE PLATE ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO THE FLOORBOARD OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ADJACENT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OF THE LATTER, A SUPPORT SHAFT ADAPTED TO EXTEND TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FLOOR BOARD, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID BASE PLATE JOURNALLING SAID SUPPORT SHAFT FOR ROTATION ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND WITH A PORTION OF SAID SUPPORT SHAFT INTERMEDIATE IS OPPOSITE ENDS EXTENDING ACROSS THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID PLATE, AN ACTUATING ARM CARRIED BY ONE END PORTION OF SAID SHAFT AND PROJECTING LATERALLY TO ONE SIDE OF THE LATTER, SAID ACTUATING ARM HAVING ABUTMENT MEANS ON ITS FREE END PORTION ADAPTED FOR ALIGNMENT WITH AND TO ENGAGE THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID ACCELERATOR PEDAL, A LEFT FOOT PEDAL CARRIED BY THE OTHER END PORTION OF SAID SHAFT AND PROJECTING LATERALLY TO SAID ONE SIDE OF THE LATTER AND ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY THE LEFT FOOT OF THE OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE WHEREBY WHEN SAID LEFT FOOT PEDAL IS DEPRESED SAID ACTUATTING ARM WILL ALSO BE DEPRESSED TO URGE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DOWNWARDLY, SAID JOURNALLING MEANS ALSO INCLUDING MEANS SLIDABLY RECEIVING SAID SHAFT FOR LONGITUDIANL MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER WHEREBY SAID SHAFT MAY BE AXIALLY DISPLACED IN ORDER TO CAUSE SAID ABUTMENT MEANS TO MOVE OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH SAID ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER THAT SAID ACTUATING ARM AND LEFT FOOT PEDAL MAY BE MOVED TO AN OUT-OF-THE-WAY POSITION DISPOSED IN OVERLYING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FLOORBOARD, AN ABUTMENT STOP CARRIED BY SAID PORTION OF SAID SUPPORT SHAFT AND PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE OTHER SIDE THEROF AND ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY THE SOLE OF A DRIVER''S SHOE, SAID ABUTMENT STOP, WHEN SAID ACTUATING ARM AND SAID LEFT FOOT PEDAL ARE DISPOSED SO AS TO GENERALLY PARALLEL SAID PLATE, DIVERGING AWAY FROM SAID PLATE AT AN ANGLE RELATIVE THERETO LARGE ENOUGH TO ENABLE SAID ABUTMENT STOP TO BE ENGAGED AT ITS FREE END BY THE SOLE OF A DRIVER''S SHOE AND DEPRESSED TOWARD SAID PLATE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT TO RAISE SAID ABUTMENT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID ACTUATING ARM AWAY FROM THE MEDIAL PLANE OF SAID PLATE A DISTANCE ADAPTING SAID ABUTMENT MEANS TO BE DISPOSED OVER THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID ACCELERATOR PEDAL UPON AXIAL SHIFTING OF SAID SUPPORT SHAFT BY SAID SHOE SOLE TOWARD SAID ACCELERATOR PEDAL.