Patent ID: 8911002
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B60T,B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle including a parking brake lever configured to be operated inside a cabin in a space on an outer side of a steering wheel by a driver, said vehicle comprising: a driver seat configured to accommodate the driver, said driver seat disposed at such a position that a center line of the driver seat is offset by a predetermined distance in a vehicle width direction from a vehicle width center line of the vehicle; an ingress-egress opening configured to enable the driver to get on and off the vehicle, provided on a lateral side of the driver seat, wherein the steering wheel is provided on a dashboard disposed on a front side of the driver seat, and wherein the parking brake lever is provided in the dashboard and in front of the driver seat, and wherein, in a side view of the vehicle, a grip portion of the parking brake lever is disposed within a space defined by a horizontal line passing through an upper end of the steering wheel, a horizontal line passing through a lower end of the steering wheel and a vertical line passing through a front end of the steering wheel.