Auxiliary footrest for automobiles

In combination with an automobile equipped with the usual accelerator pedal and the usual brake pedal disposed to the left of said accelerator pedal, both pedals being operable by the right foot of the driver, said automobile being equipped with an automatic speed regulating system commonly known as a cruise control system operable when activated to maintain the automobile at a pre-set speed, said cruise control system when activated requiring that the driver's right foot be removed from both of said pedals, an auxiliary footrest for the right foot of the driver, said footrest comprising:

• a. a generally planar rigid step,
• b. means at the right edge of the step connecting said step rigidly to the body of said automobile and positioning said step with its plane generally parallel to and above the plane of said accelerator pedal when said pedal is in its normal raised position, and immediately to the right of said accelerator pedal, and
• c. a generally planar apron secured along its upper edge to the left edge of said step and extending generally vertically downwardly therefrom past and below the right edge of said accelerator pedal to a point at least as low as the upper surface of said pedal when said pedal is in its fully depressed position. the apron being secured only to the left edge of the generally planar step.