US Patent 7497143 Automotive pedal support structure

First and second guide members 53 and 54 are fixed to a reinforcing member 9, while a pedal bracket 17 is provided with first and second abutment parts 41 and 42 for guiding the pedal bracket 17. When the pedal bracket 17 is moved backward due to automobile collision, the first abutment part 41 abuts against and slides along the first guide member 53, and then the second abutment part 42 abuts against and slides along the second guide member 54 after the first abutment part 41 has finished sliding along the first guide member 53. Thus, the position of the pedal bracket 17 is changed using both the guide members 53 and 54.