Patent ID: 6869124

Claim:
A footrest assembly including: a solid footrest made of plastic material; and a clip provided on the floor-facing side of said footrest to receive therein a stud fixed on a floor of a vehicle body, said stud being formed as a threaded stud or a rod-shaped stud having a groove in the periphery thereof, whereby said footrest can be mounted on said floor by pushing said footrest toward said floor to receive said stud in said clip, wherein said clip comprises a first clip component having an engagement pawl adapted to engage with said stud, and a second clip component capable of releasing the engagement between said engagement pawl of said first clip component and said stud, wherein said first clip component is formed in a tubular body having said engagement pawl on the inside thereof, said first clip component being immovably fixed to said footrest, and wherein said second clip component is received in the tubular portion of said first clip component in a rotatable manner about the axis of said tubular portion to allow selective angular rotation of said second clip component between an engagement position where said engagement pawl of said first clip component is allowed to engage with said stud and a release position where said engagement pawl is bent not to engage with said stud.