Dual control pedal arrangement

Claim 1

A CONTROL PEDAL ARRANGEMENT FOR THE BRAKING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE COMPRISING A SUPPORT MEMBER INCLUDING A SUPPORT MEMBER AND FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT MEANS, A FIRST BRAKE SYSTEM AND A SECOND BRAKE SYSTEM, MEANS FOR PERMITTING EACH BRAKE SYSTEM TO BE SELECTIVELY ENERGIZED BY THE PRESSURE OF AN OPERATOR''S FOOT INCLUDING A FIRST PEDAL PLATE MEMBER SUPPORTED RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBER BY SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS AND ADAPTED FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A FIRST BRAKE DEENERGIZING POSITION AND A SECOND BRAKE ENERGIZING POSITION, A SECOND PEDAL PLATE MEMBER SUPPORTED RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBER BY SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS AND ADAPTED FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A FIRST BRAKE DEENERGIZING POSITION AND A SECOND BRAKE ENERGIZING POSITION, SAID SECOND BRAKE PEDAL PLATE BEING POSITIONED IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATION WITH SAID FIRST PEDAL PLATE MEMBER AND SUBSTANTIALLY FORMING A SINGLE PLANE THEREWITH, SAID SECOND PEDAL PLATE MEMBER BEING FORMED OF A PIVOT PLATE PORTION AND A PEDAL PLATE PORTION CONTIGUOUS THEREWITH AT ONE EDGE THEREOF, ONE OF SAID PIVOT AND SAID PEDAL PLATE PORTIONS PROJECTING LATERALLY BEYOND SAID FIRST PEDAL PLATE MEMBER FOR PERMITTING EACH BRAKE SYSTEM TO BE INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED BY THE OPERATOR''S FOOT, PIVOTAL CONNECTING MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID PIVOT PLATE AND SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS AND FORMING A PIVOT AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO SAID SECOND PEDAL PLATE MEMBER FOR PERMITTING SAID SECOND PEDAL PLATE MEMBER TO BE PIVOTED BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION REMOVED FROM SAID FIRST PEDAL PLATE TO A SECOND POSITION INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST PEDAL PLATE MEMBER, SAID FIRST AND SECOND PEDAL PLATES BEING OPERATIVE INDEPENDENTLY TO EACH OTHER WHEN SAID SECOND PEDAL PLATE IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION AND BEING OPERATIVE SIMULTANEOUSLY WHEN SAID SECOND PEDAL PLATE IS IN SAID SECOND POSITION.