Anti-skid protective cap especially of rubber, for actuating pedals of a motor vehicle

US4176562A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

• Anton Allert · Stuttgart, DE
• Friedrich Weiss · Ahrensburg, DE
• Peter Schrape

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 13, 1977
• Grant date: Dec 4, 1979
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20912
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An anti-skid protective cap for actuating pedals, such as brake pedals and the like, of a motor vehicle with a single downwardly projecting deflecting surface constructed so as to provide good sliding characteristics. This deflecting surface accomodates the sliding of the operator's shoe sole edge therealong during a pedal change. The deflecting surface is provided on the side of the protective cap facing a gas pedal, whereby the operator's shoe is prevented from getting stuck under the actuating pedal. The shoe-engaging portion of the cap may be artificially aged by applying a coating of an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite, or it may be provided with a coating of an elastic lacquer.