Patent ID: 7197957

Claim:
A pedal assembly for operating a musical instrument using a foot of a human user, said pedal assembly comprising: a base for application to a support surface; a flexible pedal having a resilient construction and a heel end connected with said base in a manner permitting said pedal to be flexed between a normal position wherein said pedal inclines upwardly away from said heel end and a depressed position wherein said pedal is displaced from said normal position, said resilient construction of the pedal urging said pedal toward said normal position when displaced therefrom; and a connection of said pedal to the musical instrument arranged in a manner to operate the instrument upon displacement of said pedal from said normal position to said depressed position by the foot of the user; and said pedal being constructed of a material having a modulus of elasticity in the range of approximately one million to 30 million.