System of accelerating and braking by means of a combined pedal for automobiles

Claim 1

A CONTROL PEDAL SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOBILES WHICH COMPRISES A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED BRAKE OPERATING LEVER HAVING A NORMALLY HORIZONTAL PIVOTAL AXIS, A FIRST ARM EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID AXIS, A BRAKE OPERATING CONNECTION ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID ARM, AND A SECOND ARM EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID AXIS, SAID SECOND ARM HAVING A LOWER PORTION EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID AXIS AND AN UPPER PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND FORWARDLY FROM SAID LOWER PORTION, A PEDAL HAVING A PIVOT PIN PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID PEDAL ON SAID UPPER PORTION AND HAVING A PIVOTAL AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LEVER AXIS, SAID PEDAL HAVING AN UPPER PORTION ABOVE SAID PEDAL AXIS AND A LOWER PORTION BELOW SAID PEDAL AXIS, A THROTTLE CONNECTION SECURED TO EACH OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID PEDAL, AND MEANS IMPOSING RESILIENT PRESSURE ON SAID PEDAL TO RESIST PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID PEDAL COMPRISING A SPRING ON SAID PIVOT PIN IN RESILIENT PRESSURE APPLYING RELATION TO SAID PEDAL, AND A NUT ON SAID PIVOT PIN AND ENGAGING SAID SPRING, SAID NUT BEING ADJUSTABLE TO ADJUST PRESSURE OF SAID SPRING ON SAID PEDAL.