Patent ID: 8579070

Claim:
A work vehicle having a self-propelled vehicle body to which an implement is connectable, the work vehicle comprising: a driver's seat; an armrest disposed laterally of the driver's seat; a lever supporting structure extending from a front end of the armrest to a forward side of the vehicle body; a speed changer lever for a traveling speed changing operation of the self-propelled vehicle body, the speed changer lever being supported to the lever supporting structure to be pivotable back and forth; a lift lever for lifting up/down the implement, the lift lever being supported to the lever supporting structure to be pivotable back and forth; a speed changer lever guide face portion provided at a transversely inner portion of an upwardly oriented face of said lever supporting structure, said speed changer lever guide face portion having a speed changer lever guide groove for the speed changer lever; and a lift lever guide face portion provided at a transversely outer portion of the upwardly oriented face of said lever supporting structure, said speed lift lever guide face portion having a lift lever guide groove for the lift lever; wherein: a stepped portion is provided at a portion of said lever supporting structure between said speed changer lever guide face portion and said lift lever guide face portion to extend continuously with said speed changer lever guide face portion and said lift lever guide face portion, said stepped portion extending in a lengthwise direction of said speed changer lever guide face portion and said lift lever guide face portion, such that said lift lever guide face portion is set at a disposing height lower than said speed changer lever guide face portion; an upper end of said lift lever is set at a disposing height lower than an upper end of said speed changer lever; and said speed changer lever guide groove and said lift lever guide groove are disposed parallel to each other.