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A foot control assembly for use with power-driven equipment having reversible electrically-actuated operations such as, for example, power-operated medical examination tables and chairs. The assembly includes a base housing located along a floor surface adjacent to the equipment with which it is ope

A foot control assembly for use with power-driven equipment having reversible electrically-actuated operations such as, for example, power-operated medical examination tables and chairs. The assembly includes a base housing located along a floor surface adjacent to the equipment with which it is operatively connected. A plurality of actuating members are mounted upon the housing, such members being spaced laterally apart to define at least one operating station therebetween. Each station is wide enough to receive at least the front or toe portion of an operator\s foot. The actuating members are horizontally movable and are shifted by lateral contact with an operator\s foot to actuate either of a pair of reversible power operations associated with each station.

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A foot control for power-operated equipment having reversible power-driven functions, comprising a housing adapted to extend along a floor surface; said housing having at least three actuating members spaced laterally from each other to define at least two adjacent operating stations; each of said a

A foot control for power-operated equipment having reversible power-driven functions, comprising a housing adapted to extend along a floor surface; said housing having at least three actuating members spaced laterally from each other to define at least two adjacent operating stations; each of said adjacent operating stations being wide enough to receive at least the toe portion of an operator\s foot between the actuating members defining the same; one of said actuating members being disposed between and partially defining both of said actuating stations; each of said actuating members being mounted upon said housing for horizontal movement from a neutral position towards and away from the operating station immediately adjacent thereto; spring means urging and normally maintaining said actuating members in their neutral positions; first means operatively associated with two of said actuating members defining one of said stations for activating a first of said reversible power functions; second means operatively associated with two of said actuating members defining a station adjacent said one station for activating a second of said reversible power functions; said one of said actuating members disposed between said adjacent operating stations being operatively associated with both of said first and second means for selectively actuating each of said first and second power functions.