Patent ID: 7195096

Claim:
A hand operated control device to provide for control of a first pedal mounted relative to a floor of a motor vehicle and a second pedal mounted relative to the floor of the motor vehicle, the first pedal of the motor vehicle further comprises an upper user contact surface and a backing surface opposing the upper user contact surface, the motor vehicle having a seat positioned relative to the first pedal and the second pedal for an operator of the motor vehicle, the first pedal having an elevated neutral position and a depressed operating position, the second pedal having an elevated neutral position and a depressed operating position, the hand operated control device comprising: a) a connection portion for attachment to the first pedal of the motor vehicle, the connection portion comprising: 1) an upper contact portion to engage a small portion of the upper user contact surface of the first pedal; 2) a lower contact portion to engage the backing surface of the first pedal; 3) securing means to provide for applying a binding pressure between the upper contact portion and the lower contact portion to bind the connection portion to the first pedal of the motor vehicle; b) a coupling portion extending from the connection portion to the second pedal of the motor vehicle; c) an extension portion having a user manipulation end and a distal end, the distal end positioned relative to the connection portion, the user manipulation end having a user contact portion, the user manipulation end to provide for: 1) operator control of the extension portion for manipulation of the first pedal of the motor vehicle from the elevated neutral position toward the depressed operating position; 2) operator control of the user contact portion for manipulation of the second pedal of the motor vehicle from the elevated neutral position toward the depressed operating position.