Patent ID: 7146876

Claim:
An adjustable pedal assembly for a vehicle comprising: a mounting bracket adapted for mounting to a vehicle, wherein the mounting bracket includes a mounting face and a pair of opposed upper arms extending radially from an upper edge of the mounting face; a first lever arm supported between said pair of mounting bracket upper arms at a first pivot point that is fixed during pedal adjustment; a swing plate pivotally supported by said first lever arm at a second pivot point that is non-fixed during pedal adjustment and that is located radially outboard from said first fixed pivot point, wherein said swing plate includes a mounting face, a pair of upper arms extending radially from an upper edge of said mounting face, a lower arm extending vertically from an outer end of said swing plate upper arms and a pedal support arm extending outwardly from a lower edge of said mounting face that are integrally formed as one member; a second lever arm, wherein one end of said second lever arm is pivotally attached to said swing plate lower arm at a third pivot point that is non-fixed during pedal adjustment and another end of said second lever arm is pivotally attached to said mounting bracket at a fourth pivot point that is fixed during pedal adjustment; a pedal arm operatively attached to said swing plate at an upper end of said pedal arm; a pedal pad operatively attached to said pedal arm at a lower end; and an adjustment means operatively connected to said pedal support arm for adjusting the position of said pedal pad along a predetermined path between a non-adjusted position and a fully adjusted position, wherein said first lever arm pivots about said fixed pivot point, said swing plate pivots about said second non-fixed pivot point while the second lever arm pivots about said third non-fixed pivot point and said fourth fixed pivot point, to constrain the travel of the pedal pad travels along the predetermined path.