Pedal device of an automotive vehicle and method of providing the same

摘要

There is provided a pedal device of an automotive vehicle, which comprises a plate-shaped pedal body 10, a lower end of which is rotatably supported at a pivot (support axis 9 ) which is disposed on a vehicle floor 8 at a position where a foot of a driver seated in a driver's seat is to be located, the pedal body being provided so as to rotate around the pivot and swing longitudinally according to a pressing operation of the driver's foot, and a slant-face member 26 which is provided behind the pivot which supports the lower end of the pedal body 10, the slant-face member having a slant upper face which extends obliquely rearward and downward with a slant angle preferably within a range of 13.5 to 23.5 degrees.