Patent ID: 6571656
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B60W,Y10T

Abstract:
A portable hand control system for operating a brake pedal and an accelerator pedal of a vehicle, said system comprising:an accelerator control rod for actuating the accelerator pedal of the vehicle, said accelerator control rod being releaseably couplable to the accelerator pedal of the vehicle, said accelerator control rod having an upper end and a lower end; a thumb control for permitting the actuation of said accelerator control rod by a thumb of a user being mounted on said accelerator control rod; a brake control rod for actuating the brake pedal of the vehicle being releaseably couplable to the brake pedal of the vehicle, said brake control rod having a top end and a bottom end; said brake control rod having a first brake rod portion and a second brake rod portion, said second brake rod portion having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second brake rod portion having a notch extending therein such that a tab is formed that extends beyond said first end of said second brake rod portion, a handle mounted on said brake control rod for permitting the actuation of said brake control rod by a hand of the user, a coupling end of said handle being mounted on an outer surface of said tab of said first end of said second brake rod portion; a coupling member for operationally coupling said accelerator control rod to said brake control rod being mounted on an inner surface of said tab of said first end of said second brake rod portion, said coupling member having an aperture extending therethrough, a central axis of said aperture being angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of said brake control rod, said accelerator control rod being slidably positioned in said aperture such that said accelerator control rod angles away from said brake control rod to facilitate dimensional spacing of said lower and bottom ends of said accelerator and said brake control rods respectively equal to spacing of the respective pedals of the vehicle, and also facilitates positioning of said thumb control adjacent to said coupling end of said handle while decreasing an amount of force required to actuate said thumb member due to said accelerator control rod being angled with respect to said brake control rod; wherein said handle and said coupling member are generally coaxial and are positioned adjacent to a distal end of said tab such that said thumb control is positioned adjacent to said coupling end of said handle to facilitate the activation of the accelerator pedal; and a quick release coupling system for coupling said accelerator control rod to the accelerator of the vehicle and for coupling said brake control rod to the brake pedal of the vehicle.