Patent ID: 6220643
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A footrest assembly for a body panel of an automobile comprising:a. a pair of vertical members spaced from each other and affixed to a floor panel;b. each of pair of vertical members having a hole formed therein and spaced below the top thereof;c. a footrest;d. a pair of mounting projections formed on an underside of the footrest and spaced from each other substantially the same distance as that of the pair of vertical members;e. each of pair of mounting projections having an axial opening therein;f. a flexible claw formed of each of the pair of mounting projections and extending into the axial opening of each of the pair of mounting projections;g. the pair of mounting projections receiving the pair of vertical members in the axial opening thereof to connect the footrest to the body panel; andh. the flexible claws of the pair of mounting projections engaged in the holes of the pair of vertical members to clamp the footrest in a mounted position.