Brake pedal depressing device and method of using the same
AssigneeTWN Enterprises, LLC
InventorsThomas W. Neiburger, Bret Lee Niemeyer
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Abstract
A system and method for restraining a vehicular brake pedal in depressed position. A system includes an elongated multi-section unit the length of which can be adjusted within a dynamic range by changing mutual positioning of the sections and locking the unit with an internal lock once the desired length has been achieved. Fastening of the internal lock is achieved through twisting of the unit around its axis. The restraining of the brake pedal is carried out with respect to a steering wheel, a portion of which is received and accommodated by a cradle on one end of the unit while a turnable foot on the other end of the system depresses the pedal.
Claims17
A vehicular brake pedal fixator comprising:
- first and second sections slidably cooperating to form a unit configured to have a length that is telescopically adjustable;
- a cylindrical cover element disposed around a joint formed at a junction between the first and second sections such as to cover said joint;
- a cradle having a foundation,
- a semi-cylindrical channel with a depth, and
- an extent that is larger than the depth,
- the foundation extending transversely with respect to the extent, the cradle being attached to the first section so as to have the extent
- directed transversely with respect to the telescopically adjustable length;
- and
- a support attached to the second section through a turnably regulatable joint, wherein the cradle and support define ends of the unit,
- wherein at least one of the first and second sections has
- a lock moveably attached to an end of the at least one of the first and second sections, the lock including a tubular expander having an axial hollow, and
- a central tubular piece partially positioned within the hollow, the central tubular piece being movable inside the hollow to force a portion of the tubular expander outward from an axis of the at least one of the first and second sections in response to an axial rotation of one of the at least one of the first and second section with respect to another such as to fix the telescopically adjustable length.
A vehicular brake pedal fixator comprising:
- a cylindrical element;
- first and second tubular sections slidably cooperating through the cylindrical element to form a unit configured to have a length that is adjustable;
- a cradle having a channel with a shape of an incomplete cylinder, a depth, and longitudinal extent that is larger than the depth, the cradle being attached to the first section so as to have the extent directed transversely with respect to the telescopically adjustable length;
- a support attached to the second section through a turnably regulatable joint,
- wherein at least one of the first and second sections includes a lock moveably attached to an end of one of the at least one of the first and second sections and unperceivably housed inside another of the at least one of the first and second sections, the lock having a tubular expander with an axial hollow and first and second slits along a portion of a length thereof, a portion of the tubular expander being movable outwardly with respect to the axial hollow such as to increase a diameter of a portion of the expander defined by the first and second slits inside an adjacent tubular section in response to a movement of the lock along the at least one of the first and second sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.