Dual control for an automobile

Claim 1

A DUAL CONTROL FOR AN AUTOMOBILE HAVING A DRIVER''S SEAT AND DRIVING CONTROLS LOCATED IN FRONT OF IT AND AN ADJACENT PASSENGER''S SEAT, THE DRIVER CONTROLS INCLUDING AN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN THE FORM OF A FLAT, HORIZONTALLY AND UPWARDLY INCLINED DEPRESSIBLE PEDAL; COMPRISING, A HORIZONTALLY ARRANGED SHAFT ARRANGED FORWARDLY AND ABOVE SAID PEDAL AND EXTENDING TO A POINT FORWARDLY OF THE PASSENGER SEAT; SUPPORT MEANS MOUNTING SAID SHAFT, A PAIR OF RODS, ONE BEING AN ACCELERATOR ROD LOCATED ABOVE SAID ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND THE OTHER A DUAL CONTROL ROD LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE PASSENGER SEAT, EACH ROD HAVING AN UPPER END BENT INTO A LOOP SHAPE, LOOPED OVER THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE SHAFT FOR ROTATION RELATIVE THERETO AND REMOVABLY SUPPORTED THEREON; THE FREE ENDS OF THE TWO LOOP SHAPES BEING RIGIDLY INTERCONNECTED BY A RIGID, ELONGATED STRIP ARRANGED PARALLEL TO AND IN CONTACT WITH THE SHAFT; THE ACCELERATOR ROD BEING BENT DOWNWARDLY FROM ITS LOOPED UPPER END INTO A STRAIGHT PORTION ARRANGED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND RESTED UPON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, SO THAT FOOT PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE ROD IS ALSO APPLIED TO SAID ACCELERATOR PEDAL CAUSING THE ROD TO PIVOT RELATIVE TO THE SHAFT, AND THE LOWER FREE END OF THE DUAL CONTROL ROD BEING FORMED INTO AN ENLARGED FOOT PRESSURE PAD, SO THAT FOOT PRESSURE APPLIED TO SAID PAD CAUSES THE DUAL CONTROL ROD TO PIVOT RELATIVE TO THE SHAFT AND THUS PIVOT THE ACCELERATOR ROD TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.