Motor vehicle pedal support

Claim 1

A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT DEFINED IN PART BY A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING FLOOR PAN AND AN ADJACENT VERTICALLY EXTENDING DASH PANEL, A LEVER SUPPORTED FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT A PIVOT AXIS SPACED A SUBSTANTIAL VERTICAL DISTANCE ABOVE SAID FLOOR PAN, SAID LEVER BEING ROTATABLE FROM A NORMAL POSITION TO A DEPRESSED POSITION, SAID LEVER HAVING A PORTION THEREOF EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID PIVOT AXIS TOWARD SAID FLOOR PAN AND INWARDLY OF SAID PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FROM SAID DASH PANEL, AN ELONGATED PEDAL, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID PEDAL UPON SAID LEVER PORTION INTERMEDIATE THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF SAID PEDAL FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID PEDAL RELATIVE TO SAID LEVER PORTION TO CONFORM TO THE MOST COMFORTABLE FOOT POSITION OF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR, BIASING MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID LEVER PORTION AND SAID PEDAL FOR URGING SAID PEDAL IN THE SAME PIVOTAL DIRECTION AS THE MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER FROM ITS NORMAL TO ITS DEPRESSED POSITION, STOP MEANS FOR LIMITING THE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT IN SAID DIRECTION OF SAID PEDAL RELATIVE TO SAID LEVER PORTION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SAID BIASING MEANS, SAID BIASING MEANS BEING YIELDABLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF FORCES EXERTED UPON SAID PEDAL BY THE FOOT OF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR, MOTION TRANSMITTING MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID LEVER WITH A PEDAL-OPERATED COMPONENT OF SAID VEHICLE, A PAD EXTENDING ACROSS AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID FLOOR PAN, AND A HEEL REST FORMED BY SAID PAD ADJACENT TO AND BELOW SAID PEDAL, SAID HEEL REST COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SERRATIONS HAVING RAISED PORTIONS TERMINATING ADJACENT DEPRESSED BIGHTS, SAID BIGHTS BEING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED AT VARYING DISTANCES FROM SAID DASH PANEL TO ESTABLISH ALTERNATE FULCRUM POSITIONS FOR THE HEEL OF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR.