Patent ID: 7628096

Claim:
A mount assembly for a pedal comprising: a base, a pedal pivotally supported on said base, a backing member that supports said pedal, wherein said backing member comprises opposing flanges extending therefrom, a mounting plate for attachment to a vehicle, wherein said mounting plate comprises a slot that extends along said mounting plate and characterized by a sliding connection between said base and said plate via said slot for sliding said base relative to said plate to an operational position for a predetermined vehicle and for fixing that operational position for the predetermined vehicle whereby said assembly may be installed in anyone of a variety of different vehicles, wherein said connection includes a fastener for clamping said base and said plate together in said operational position and said connection includes said slot defined by one of said base and said plate with said fastener extending through said slot for fixing said operational position; and wherein said plate includes a mounting portion for attachment to the vehicle in a mounting plane and a tongue extending from said mounting portion in a guide plane spaced from said mounting plane for receiving said base under said tongue and between said planes.