Patent ID: 7040447

Claim:
A hand operated control device to provide for control of a pedal mounted relative to a floor of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having a seat positioned relative to the pedal for an operator of the motor vehicle, the 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 pedal of the motor vehicle; b) 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 to provide for operator control of the extension portion in a range of motion along an arc, the range of motion having a lower position and an upper position, and wherein the lower position of the range of motion provides for placement of the pedal of the motor vehicle in the elevated neutral position and wherein the upper position of the range of motion provides for placement of the pedal of the motor vehicle at least toward the depressed operating position from the elevated neutral position; c) angular adjustment means to provide for selective placement of the extension portion relative to the connection portion at a desired angle of protrusion wherein the extension portion may be positioned at a desired orientation relative to the seat of the motor vehicle.