Double pedal actuator assembly

Claim 1

IN A PLURAL PEDAL ACTUATING MECHANISM FOR ACTUATING A COMMON SHAFT THE COMBINATION, COMPRISING: A FIXED SUPPORT; A PLURALITY OF FOOT-OPERATED PEDALS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID FIXED SUPPORT; A SHAFT PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID FIXED SUPPORT, AND HAVING AXIALLY SPACED-APART CRANK ARMS CONSTRAINED FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH AND EXTENDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FROM THE SHAFT; LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDABLE AND CONTRACTABLE LINKS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED ONE EACH BETWEEN ONE OF SAID PEDALS AND A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID CRANK ARMS AND OPERATIVE FOR IMPARTING ROTATIVE MOVEMENT TO THE SHAFT; STOP MEANS ON SAID FIXED SUPPORT AND ENGAGEABLE BY EACH OF SAID FOOT PEDALS TO LIMIT MAXIMUM UPWARD AND DOWNWARD MOVEMENTS OF SAID PEDALS; SAID LINKS INCLUDING RESILIENTLY YIELDABLE MEANS THEREIN YIELDABLE UPON APPLICATION OF A PREDETERMINED FORCE ON SAID PEDALS, AND SAID RESILIENT MEANS BEING DISPOSED FOR NORMALLY MAINTAINING SAID SHAFT IN A NEUTRAL POSITION AND SAID PEDALS RAISED INTO ABUTTING RELATION WITH SAID STOP MEANS; SAID LINKS BEING DISPOSED SO THAT REACTIONS OF HE INDIVIDUAL RESILIENT MEANS THEREOF ARE OP-