Patent ID: 9446699
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: B60N,E02F

Claim Text:
1. A footrest for an operator's cab of a construction machine, on which an operator in the cab can put his or her feet, the footrest comprising: a pair of opposed foothold supports, each of which is rotatably fixed at one end thereof to each of a pair of opposed front pole members of the cab by a hinge pin; a fixing grip mounted on each of the pole members and under the hinge pin and configured to detachably fix each of the foothold supports; a fixing pin coupled to any one of a pair of brackets, which is extendingly mounted on each of the front pole members to allow the foothold supports to be fixed to the brackets, in a forwardly and rearwardly movable manner and configured to advance forwardly to press the top surfaces of the foothold supports when each of the foothold supports is pivotally rotated to a horizontal position; and a stopper formed protrudingly inwardly from a lower inner surface of any one of the brackets to which the foothold supports is rotatably fixed, and a locking piece formed to extend from one side surface of each of the foothold supports so as to prevent an excessive pivotal rotation thereof over a predetermined angle through the stopper when the foothold supports are pivotally rotated to the horizontal position, as means for preventing the excessive pivotal rotation of the foothold supports over the predetermined angle when the foothold supports are pivotally rotated to the horizontal position.