Patent ID: 9323278
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G05G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A control lever system for a work vehicle having a frame structure delimiting between an operator-side space adjacent to an operator and a device-side space adjacent controlled devices, the control lever system comprising: a floor panel having a flat surface portion, the floor panel forming a part of the frame structure; a pivotal shaft extending along the floor panel and mounted adjacent a lever opening formed in the flat surface portion; a boss portion supported to the pivotal shaft to be rotatable about the pivotal shaft; a control lever portion radially extending from the boss portion to the operator-side space; a controlled lever portion radially extending from the boss portion to the device-side space; and a seal member for closing a gap between the boss portion and an area of the flat surface portion where the lever opening is formed, the boss portion coming into contact with a portion of the seal member adjacent the boss portion, wherein the seal member has a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape, the seal member being attached to a lower side surface of the flat surface portion such that a terminal edge of the seal member comes into direct contact with an outer periphery of the boss portion over and across an axial length of the boss portion.