Patent ID: 7721839

Claim:
An operator's seat for equipment having optimized switch arrangements for controlling the equipment, comprising: a switch instrument installed within a radius that a hand of an operator sitting in the operator's seat reaches; a control lever mounted on a specified position of the switch instrument to control operations of working devices; and switches arranged on the switch instrument in close proximity to the control lever so that the operator in the operator's seat can operate the switches in a close position in which the operator does not invade a control stroke zone of the control lever, wherein the switches include at least an engine RPM mode switch, operating switches of the equipment, and a display mode switch and wherein the control lever is mounted on the switch instrument near the operator in the operator's seat, the engine RPM mode switch is arranged on the right side of the control lever, the operating switches are arranged in the front of the engine RPM mode switch, and the display mode switch is arranged at the rear of the engine RPM mode switch.