Auxiliary automobile brake operator for actuation by front seat passenger

Claim 1

In an auxiliary brake operator for acutation from the passenger's side of the front seat of an automotive vehicle which has brakes and a driver's brake pedal unit for operating the brakes, said auxiliary operator having: a bracket for attachment to the floor of the vehicle on the passenger's side; a rigid linkage rod rotatably supported by said bracket and extending from the bracket laterally over in front of the driver's brake pedal unit and clamped to the driver's brake pedal unit; and an auxiliary brake pedal unit on the passenger's side for rotating the linkage rod in a brake-applying direction when the auxiliary brake pedal is depressed; the improvement wherein: said bracket has an upwardly and forwardly inclined base for direct engagement with the inclined floorboard of the vehicle below the dashboard, said base having slots therein which are elongated longitudinally of the base for adjustment of the bracket position with respect to mounting bolts which extend down through said slots and into the inclined floorboard.