Bicycle passenger foot support

Claim 1

A foot support for bicycle passengers, comprising, a bracket member for fixed attachment to a part of a bicycle, a pair of outwardly extending flanges on said bracket member disposed in parallel spaced relation to each other, a foot rest member having one end received between said flanges and pivotally engaged thereto, and means for locking said foot rest member in an outwardly disposed weight supporting position and for folding out of the way when not in use, said bracket member including a back wall part from which the flanges thereof are formed, said foot rest member being generally channel shaped in cross-section and tapered towards it outer end, and with the channel forming side walls thereof extending downwardly in the outwardly disposed disposition of the foot rest member, a pivot pin member extending across and between said bracket member flanges and through the side walls of said channel shaped foot rest member at a position providing back wall engagement by said foot rest member side walls at the inner end for holding the latter disposed for use, and one of said bracket flanges and foot rest member side walls having elongated holes disposed to permit relative movement of said pivot pin member therein for pivotally folding said foot rest member down and for disposing said foot rest member in an erected back wall stopped and locked disposition on said bracket member.