US1893681A - Foot rest - Google Patents

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H. H. RABBES Jan. 10, 1933.

POST REST Filed Feb. 6. 1931 dam,

Jan. 10,1933. H. H. RABBES 1,393,631

FOOT REST Filed Feb. 6, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 10, 1933 UNITED STATES PATEN- icE;

FOOT REST Application filed February My invention consists in a new and useful improvement in foot rests and is designedto provide a foot rest for use in connection with the accelerator pedal of an automobile. The particularly novel and useful feature of my invention is that it provides an inclined plane down which the sole of the shoe moves, when the foot is turned pivoting on the heel, to depress the accelerator pedal. By the use of my device, a steady and constant support for the foot is provided. Another important and valuable feature of my device is that it provides accommodation for the shoe of either a man or a woman driver, and is also adjustable to correspond with shoes of varyin sizes. My improved foot rest consists of on y two parts connected by a single bolt and nut, and it can be attached in place upon the footboard of the automobile by two or- 29 dinary screws.

lVhile I have illustrated in the drawings filed herewith and have hereinafter fully described one specific embodiment of my invention, it is to be distinctly understood that I do not consider my invention limited to said specific embodiment, but refer for its scope to the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my device.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 3. i

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of my device.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a top plan View of a portion of my device.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fi 4.

Fly improved foot rest consists of two plates, A to serve as a rest for the ball of the foot, and B, for the heel of the foot. The

plate A is attached by means of the two screws C to the foot board F closely adjacent the gas pedal Gr. The plate A has the portion 1 with side flanges 2 which serve to lift the plate A somewhat from the board F. In

front of the portion 1, the plate A has an upstanding shoulder 3 from which extends toward the right and forwardly at an angle of 45 the upwardly inclined shoulder 4, flanges c, 1931. Serial in. 514,046.

5 and 6, arcuate in cross-section, being provided on the top of the shoulders 3 and 4 respectively, and the flange 6 ending in an enlargement 7 at the upper end of the shoulder 4. The shoulder 4 has the ear 9 by which the plate A is attached to the board F by the screw C. I Y

r The plate B has the portion 10 with depending flanges 11 slidably received over the portion 1 of the plate A. Extending rearwardly from the portion 10, there is the heel receiving socket 12 designed for the heels of womens shoes, and behind it the larger heel receiving socket 13 designed for the heels of mens shoes.

Suitably disposed in theportion 1 of the plate A, there is the bolt hole 14 and symmetrically placed about said hole 14 there are the fourears 15 struck out of. the portion 1 and depending to engage a nut 16 having its threaded bore in line with the bolt hole 14. In the'portion 10 of the plate B, there is the elongated slot'17 so disposed as to register with the hole 14 when the portion 10 is placed upon the portion 1. I provide a bolt 18 havinga head 19 with the slot 20 therein, and a washer 21, adapted to be passed through the slot 17 and be screwed into the nut 16 which is held against rotation by the ears 15, and when so screwed adapted, by the action of the head 19 and washer 21 hearing against the portion v10, to clamp the plate B to the plate A, in adjusted positions.

From the foregoing description of the details of construction of my device, its use and operation will be obvious. I

It is to be noted (Fig. 1) that when the sole S of the shoe of the operator rests upon the enlargement 7,-at the upper end of the flange 6 of the shoulder 4, it is elevated above the top of the accelerator-pedal G. It will be seen, therefore, that my device provides, in the heel socket 113 and the enlargement 7 means for supporting the foot when the accelerator pedal is not being used, and means for supporting the foot comfortably immediately adjacent the accelerator pedal ready for instant use. When it is desired to depress the accelerator pedal, the foot is turned toward the left pivoting on the heel in the socket 13, and this movement causes the sole S of the shoe to move downwardly along the flange 6 of the shoulder l, thus depressing the pedal G. When the pedal G has been fully depressed, the sole S rests upon the flange 5 of the shoulder 3.

It will be seen that the plate B is adjustable relative to the plate A, by the adjustment of the bolt 18 so that the device may be adjusted to provide the proper distance between the heel socket 12 or 13 and the enlargement 7, to provide a comfortable rest for the heel and ball of the foot of each individual operator.

Attention is directed to the slot 20 in the head 19 of the bolt 18, which is designed to receive the edge of any small, thin object, such as a coin or key, which the operator, having at hand, may use to adjust the bolt 18.

Having described my invention, what I claim is: Y

1. In a foot rest for an accelerator pedal, the combination of a. plate having a shank for attachment to the foot board of an automobile adjacent the pedal and provided with a bolt hole therein, an upstanding shoulder and an inclined shoulder projected forwardly at an angle of 45 from the first shoulder, and having an ear for attachment to the foot board; a second plate having a shank slidably mounted on the shank of the first plate and provided with a slot, a heel socket for a womans shoe and a heel socket for a mans shoe; and a bolt passed through said bolt hole and said slot, andhaving a nut thereon, for clamping the two shanks together.

2. In a foot rest, the combination of a plate for supporting the heel, provided with a slot; a plate for supporting the ball of the foot having a plurality of struck up fingers; a nut retained against rotation by said fingers; and a bolt passing through said slot and received in said nut.

3. In a foot rest for an accelerator pedal, the combination of a plate for attachment to the foot board of an automobile adjacent the pedal and provided with an inclined shoulder projecting forwardly and having an ear for attachment to the floor board; a second plate slidably mounted on the first plate and provided with a heel socket; and means for adjustably clamping the two plates together.

4. In a foot rest, the combiantion of a plate provided with aslot; a second plate having a plurality of struck up fingers; a nut disposed between said fingers; and a bolt passing through said slot and received in said nut.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HENRY H. RABBES.

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