US1489634A - Foot rest - Google Patents

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. April s ;'1924.

o. c. FE'rzER voorman Filed 0st,. 21, 1922 a, ajfezg Patented Apr. s, 1924.

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Application mea october 21, 1922.*eseria1sNo. `596;:50.`

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Be it known that I, ORLANDO C. FETZER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grrville, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot Rests, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to foot rests, more particularly adapted for use in connection with the accelerator pedals used in automobiles for controlling the gas throttle.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a foot rest that supports the foot during the entire stroke of the accelerator.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a foot rest of this nature which is attractively and neatly designed, capable of being readily fastened adjacent theaccelerator pedal without the necessity of marring the foot board of the automobile, to provide the foot rest with Aa wide base so that it will rest very rigidly upon the foot board and the foot engaging face of the foot rest is inclined so as to eliminate the side str-aiu on the foot when pressing down upon the accelerator.

A still further object of the invention is to generally improve upon devices ofthis nature by providing a structure which will be simple and efficient, reliable in operation, inexpensive to manufacture, durable, and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed. Y y

With the above and other objects in view as will'appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing- Figure l is a perspective of the foot rest showling the same adjacent an accelerator eda P Figure 2 is an elevation of the foot rest,

Figure 3 is a top plan thereo'f'showing the body thinner than is illustrated in Figures l and 2, and

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken therethrough substantially on the line 4 4 of Figure 3 looking in the direction of the arrow. Y y

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the foot rest is adapted to be located inv close proximity to the ordinary accelerator pedal l which projects through the foot board of the automobile to which beattached: foot rest consists of an integral casting made from 'any suitable material but I prefer aluminum because of its lightness and attractiveness in appearance. This casting is formed with an elongated body 2 having its sides 3 and 4 extending at right angles from its base 5. 'Ihe upper surface 6 of the body Y slants from the side 3 upwardly toward thev side 4 and terminates a distance therefrom useful in providing attaching Ameans forthep.

body but also provide a wide base for the casting so as to prevent the same-fromv wobbling and with such a wide face caused by the diverging ears 8 which as shown at base.` The end 11 of the upper surface 6 is on approximately the same level with the top of the accelerator pedal l when it is in its uppermost position. It will therefore be seen that the edge of the foot will be located at approximately the point 11 on one side while the other side of the foot will rest upon the accelerator and in orderV to depress the accelerator all that is necessary is to slide the foot toward the end 3.V

Having thus described my invention what I vclaim as new is zl. A foot rest of the class described formed from a single casting so as to provide a solid body provided with a slanting upper face whereby one end is shorter than the other, and a comparatively wide base having apertured ears extending therefrom beyond the `shorter end of the body.

2. A foot rest of the class described yl() project from the entire length of the formed' from a single casting so as to infV clude a solid body portion having a slanting upper surface whereby one end of the body one end of the base beyond the shorter end 11o `i of the body portion for receiving fastening elements.

3. In combination, an accelerator, a foot rest associated therewith inolnding afsolid body havingl a slanting upper Surface Whereby one end of the body is shorter than the other, said surface slanting downwardly to- Ward the accelerator, a stop at the uppermost point of the slanting surface,Y a. comparatively Wide base provided on the bottom of the body, and diverging ears'extending from one end o the base beyond the shorter end Y V,u of the body sons tofbeV snituatedone onfeach side foffthe accelerator, and engaging elements attached tothe Years so as to fasten them securely to the foot board of an antomobile.

` VAIn testimony whereof I aiix my vSigna-Y

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