Foot support device of a motor vehicle

A vehicle floor foot support comprising:

• a plate pivotably fitted to a vehicle floor;
• a support device arranged between a lower side of the plate and the floor, having a support element that introduces a first force applied to the plate into the floor, wherein a force introduction path, if a threshold value is reached or exceeded, is substantially, completely eliminated by reversible form change of the support element;
• a stop damping element that, when the threshold value is reached or exceeded, mechanically damps and limits a pivot movement of the plate;
• and
• a spacer element that, below the threshold value, applies a second force into the support element by being in mechanical abutment with the stop damping element and pressing away from the stop damping element, the second force being directed perpendicularly to the first force applied to the plate to laterally pretension the support element, wherein the lateral pretension is defined with respect to direction and size.

A vehicle foot support device comprising:

• a plate pivotably fitted to a vehicle floor;
• and
• a support arranged between a lower side of the plate and the floor, having a support element that introduces a force applied to the plate into the floor via a force introduction path, wherein the force introduction path, if a force threshold value is reached or exceeded, is substantially completely eliminated by a reversible form change of the support element;
• wherein the support element is formed by a molded component produced from a plastics soft foam material such that the molded component contains, at an inner side, a number of hollow spaces and, when the force threshold value is reached or exceeded, has a volume reduction of the number of hollow spaces.