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US 2004/0035264 A1Published application
Vehicle pedal depressor
AssigneeLisle Corporation
InventorScotty R. Kurtz
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Abstract
A pedal depressor for a truck or large vehicle includes adjustable telescoping tubes with a locking plate for locking the tubes in a fixed position. A rubber tip is provided at one end for engaging a pedal and a Y-shaped yoke, which is rotatably adjustable, is provided at the other end of the tool.
Claims9
An adjustable vehicle pedal depressor tool comprising, in combination:
- a first hollow elongate tube having a pedal engaging end and an opposite open end for receipt of a second slidable telescoping tube;
- a second elongate tube slidably inserted from the pedal end and through the open end of the first tube, said second tube including a first end slidably inserted into the first tube and a second end having a flare;
- a length adjustment and locking mechanism for adjusting and holding the second tube in a fixed telescopic position in the first tube, said adjustment mechanism comprising a radial slot in the first tube, a locking plate in the slot having an opening with the second tube extending through the opening, said opening having a profile exceeding the cross sectional profile of the second tube whereby the plate may be canted to engage and hold the second tube in a fixed position, a biasing member engaging the first tube and the plate for biasing the plate toward the canted, locking position, said plate projecting from the slot for manual engagement to counter the biasing member and thereby release the second tube from a locked position;
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- a Y-shaped yoke member having a leg rotatably inserted into the bore opening of the second tube, and first and second spaced arms extending from the leg.
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Apparatus for holding a vehicle pedal in a depressed position comprising, in combination:
- a first cylindrical tube having a longitudinal axis, a pedal engaging end and an opposite end;
- a second cylindrical tube having a first end slidably fitted into the pedal engaging end and through the opposite end of the first tube and a second flared end;
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- a latch mechanism mounted at the opposite end of the first tube for engaging and latching the second tube in a fixed telescoped location in the first tube, said latching mechanism comprising a plate pivotally mounted in slot in the first tube and pivotal between a first canted position relative to the axis thereby engaging the second tube and a second position disengaged from the second tube, said plate including a projecting edge for engaging the second tube when the plate is in the first canted position, said projecting edge being releasable from engaging the second tube by manual movement of the plate from the first canted engagement position to the second position, and a biasing element engaging the plate and biasing the plate towards the first position;
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- a wheel engaging yoke affixed to the first end of the second tube, said yoke including first and second spaced arms projecting longitudinally from the second tube, said arms mounted on a stud rotatably mounted in the first end of the second tube whereby the arms may be rotated to be oriented for engagement with a fixture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.