Vehicle pedal device wherein non-operated position of operating portion is adjustable in longitudinal direction of vehicle

A pedal device mounted on a bracket fixed to a body of an automotive vehicle, and including a pedal arm having an operating portion at a lower end thereof, and a position adjusting device operable to adjust a position of said operating portion in a longitudinal direction of the automotive vehicle where said pedal arm is placed in a non-operated state thereof, said position adjusting device comprising:

• a first member having a pair of straight guides which are positioned such that extension lines of said straight guides intersect each other;
• a second member disposed movably relative to said first member in a vertical plane parallel to said longitudinal direction, and having a pair of guide pieces which are movable in engagement with said pair of guides, respectively;
• and
• a positioning device operable to establish a desired relative position between said first and second members, by moving said pair of guides and said pair of guide pieces relative to each other, said positioning device permitting said first and second members to maintain said desired relative position after said desired relative position is established,
• wherein one of said first and second members has said operating portion and is movable relative to the other of said first and second members, to move said operating portion in said longitudinal direction, and
• wherein said pair of straight guides are formed and positioned such that the perpendicular lines at midpoints of said straight guides intersect each other at an intersecting point, and a first horizontal distance between said intersecting point and a center of said operating portion at its fully retracted position is shorter than a second horizontal distance between said intersecting point and a center of said operating portion at its fully advanced position.
• whereby an operating surface of said operating portion is gradually inclined upwards while a vertical position of said operating portion is lowered as said operating portion is moved toward the rear of the vehicle, parallel to said longitudinal direction.