Patent ID: 7172050

Claim:
An industrial vehicle to be operated by an operator, comprising: an armrest extending in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle, the armrest having a substantially flat base member and a rest member that is installed on the base member, the rest member having a palm pad and an arm pad, and the rest member being substantially continuously formed to be widened in a width direction of the vehicle toward a front end of the vehicle; and a plurality of operating members arranged in front of the base member, at least two of the operating members each having an operating portion, wherein all of the operating members are arranged in an operational orbit configuration that includes the operating portions arranged in an arched row on a lateral portion of the rest member and the arched row is spaced an operational distance from a predetermined pivot reference point on the rest member and the operating portions are disposed within the proximity of the operator's finger tips when the operator's arm is on the arm pad.