US 11,999,332 B2
Passenger side driving instructor brake controller
David Wyett McGinnis, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by Driving Success, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/360,067.
Application 17/360,067 is a division of application No. 16/924,612, filed on Jul. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,279,328.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,325, filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0339720 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60T 7/10 (2006.01); B60T 7/06 (2006.01); B60T 17/20 (2006.01); G05G 1/54 (2008.04)
CPC B60T 7/102 (2013.01) [B60T 17/20 (2013.01); G05G 1/54 (2013.01); B60T 7/06 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for using a passenger side driving instructor brake controller to train a student driver, the method comprising the steps of:
obtaining a passenger side driving instructor brake controller for use in a motor vehicle having a driver-side compartment area with a steering wheel and a brake lever disposed within a driver-side front floorboard area, a passenger compartment area, and a main console separating the driver-side compartment area and the passenger compartment area, the passenger side driving instructor brake controller comprising:
a telescoping shaft including a first end and a second end;
a brake lever connector disposed at the first end of a telescoping shaft and adapted to be secured to the brake lever disposed within the driver-side front floorboard area of the driver-side compartment area of the motor vehicle; and
a tubular main body having a mid-section that is bent to enable the tubular main body to traverse over the main console of the motor vehicle and extend past the main console into the passenger compartment area of the motor vehicle wherein the tubular main body terminates at a handle area that is accessible by an instructor's outer hand while the instructor is sitting in the passenger compartment area thereby freeing the instructor's inner hand for placement on and control over the steering wheel located in the driver-side compartment area, wherein the tubular main body is further configured to adjustably accept the second end of the telescoping shaft within the tubular main body and secure the telescoping shaft with locking hardware at a fixed position within the tubular main body to enable the main body to traverse over the main console of the motor vehicle where the tubular main body is bent at the mid-section and also extend into the passenger compartment area of the motor vehicle wherein the tubular main body terminates at the handle area;
installing the passenger side driving instructor brake controller on a brake lever of a motor vehicle; and
enabling an instructor sitting in a passenger seat of the motor vehicle practices simultaneous operation of the passenger side driving instructor brake controller to manipulate the brake lever with the instructor's outer hand on a a handle area of the passenger side driving instructor brake controller and a steering wheel of the motor vehicle with the instructor's inner hand from a 4 o'clock position on the steering wheel.