Patent ID: 8420918

Claim:
A pedal device comprising: a pedal having an upper wall, opposed side walls extending downward from opposite side edges of the upper wall that extend in a longitudinal direction of the upper wall, and a space defined under a lower surface of the upper wall between the opposed side walls; a support portion which supports said pedal in such a manner that said pedal is capable of stroke action in an up-down direction; a reactive force imparting member which imparts reactive force to the stroke action of said pedal by being pressed by another member provided on or adjacent to the lower surface of the upper wall of said pedal; and a support member including a flat plate-shaped mounting portion for mounting thereon said reactive force imparting member, wherein said reactive force imparting member includes a plate-shaped base portion mounted on the mounting portion of said support member, an upwardly-convexed, dome-shaped body portion integrally formed on an upper surface of the base portion, and an abutting portion provided on an upper end of the body portion for abutment there against of said pedal, and the body portion of said reactive force imparting member has a width dimension smaller than a distance between the opposed side walls of said pedal so that, during the stroke action of said pedal, the body portion falls within the space between the opposed side walls.