Patent ID: 7938481

Claim:
A frame structure for a vehicle, the vehicle comprising: a pair of left and right lower main frames extending longitudinally along the vehicle; a front frame including front portions of the lower main frames, the front frame supporting front wheels; a seat support frame disposed at intermediate portions of the lower main frames for supporting seats; a rear frame disposed at rear portions of the lower main frames, the rear frame supporting rear wheels; floor sub-frames supporting a floor adapted to support feet of occupants sitting in the seats; step sub-frames supporting steps which are located lower than the floor; and a dash panel disposed near the floor, the dash panel delimiting a side of a cabin from a side of the front wheels, the dash panel including a foot operation zone facing a foot operation space, in which foot operation members, including an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, and other foot operation members which are adapted to be manually actuated by a first foot of a driver of the vehicle, and a footrest adapted to support a second foot of the driver in a resting state; wherein the foot operation zone and the footrest are disposed between a lower cross member disposed so as to extend laterally across front ends of the pair of left and right lower main frames and an upper cross member disposed upward of, and extending in parallel with, the lower cross member; and connection frames disposed between the foot operation zone and the footrest, the connection frames connecting the lower cross member with the upper cross member.