Fastening structure of a skidproof cover for automobile pedals

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6370984
  • Patent Number
    6,370,984
  • Date Filed
    Friday, December 15, 2000
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, April 16, 2002
    22 years ago
Abstract
An automobile pedal cover including a cover piece, a holding member, two locating rods, and two locating bolts. The holding member is adjustably joined with the cover piece in conjunction with the two locating rods and the two locating bolts, thereby enabling the automobile pedal cover to fit the automobile pedals of various specifications.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates generally to a skidproof covert for the automobile pedal, and more particularly to a structure for fastening the skidproof cover to the automobile pedal.




2. Description of Related Art




As shown in

FIG. 1

, a prior art skidproof cover


11


has a plurality of fastening straps


12


and skidproof rings


13


. The cover


11


is fastened to the automobile pedal


10


by the fastening straps


12


. The cover


11


cannot be securely fastened with the automobile pedal


10


by the fastening straps


12


.




As shown in

FIGS. 2 and 3

, another prior art skidproof cover is fastened to the automobile pedal by a fastening seat


21


in conjunction with an actuating member


22


, a confining member


23


, and a plurality of fastening screws. The automobile pedal is held in the confining member


23


. This prior art fastening structure is complicated in construction and is therefore not cost-effective. In addition, the confining member


23


fits only automobile pedals of certain sizes and specifications.




BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an automobile pedal cover with a fastening structure which is free of the shortcomings of the prior art fastening structures described above.




The fastening structure of the present invention is simple in construction and cost-effective. The skidproof cover of the present invention is fastened to an automobile pedal by a holding member in conjunction with two locating rods and two locating bolts.




The features and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of the following detailed description of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

shows a perspective view of an automobile pedal cover of the prior art.





FIG. 2

shows an exploded view of another automobile pedal cover of the prior art.





FIG. 3

shows a sectional view of the automobile pedal cover of the prior art as shown in FIG.


2


.





FIG. 4

shows a perspective view of the present invention.





FIG. 5

shows an exploded view of the present invention.





FIG. 6

shows a sectional view of the present invention.





FIG. 7

shows another sectional view of the present invention.





FIG. 8

shows another exploded view of the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION EMBODIMENTS




As shown in

FIGS. 4-8

, a skidproof cover embodied in the present invention is intended to cover an automobile pedal and is formed of a cover piece


31


, a holding member


34


, two locating rods


35


, and two locating bolts


36


.




The cover piece


31


is provided with a skidproof upper surface


33


and a fixation wall


32


extending downward from one end of the skidproof upper surface


33


such that the fixation wall


32


is perpendicular to the skidproof upper surface


33


. The cover piece


31


is provided with a guide surface


321


, a guide slot


311


, and two through holes


322


.




The holding member


34


is of an L-shaped construction and is provided with a fixation wall


32


having two through holes


322


. The holding member


34


has a long side which is slidably disposed in the guide slot


311


of the cover piece


31


.




An automobile pedal


30


is covered by the cover piece


31


in conjunction with the holding member


34


, the two locating rods


35


, and two locating bolts


36


. The holding member


34


is adjustably joined with the cover piece


31


such that the cover piece


31


and the holding member


34


are held between the two locating rods


35


in conjunction with the two locating bolts


36


which are put through the through holes


322


of the holding member


34


and the cover piece


31


.




The embodiment of the present invention described above is to be regarded in all respects as being merely illustrative and not restrictive. Accordingly, the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without deviating from the spirit thereof. The present invention is therefore to be limited only by the scope of the following appended claim.



Claims
  • 1. An automobile pedal cover comprising:a cover piece of an L-shaped construction and having a skidproof upper surface and a fixation wall extending from one end of said skidproof upper surface such that said fixation wall is perpendicular to said skidproof upper surface, said fixation wall being provided with two through holes which are separated from each other by an interval, said cover piece further comprising a guide surface and a guide slot; and a holding member of an L-shaped construction and having a fixation wall which is provided with two through holes corresponding in location to said two through holes of said fixation wall of said cover piece; wherein said cover piece covers an automobile pedal in conjunction with said holding member, two locating rods, and two locating bolts such that a long side of said holding member is slidably received in said guide slot of said cover piece, and such that said cover piece and said holding member are located between said two locating rods whereby said two locating rods are positioned by said two locating bolts which are put through said through holes of said fixation wall of said holding member and said through holes of said fixation wall of said cover piece.
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Number Name Date Kind
1292760 Grant Jan 1919 A
1455675 Sinclair May 1923 A
2518056 Olsen Aug 1950 A
5398570 Chae Mar 1995 A
5913948 Lien Jun 1999 A
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Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
Number Date Country
7115 Jan 1915 GB