Patent ID: 8388262

Claim:
An operator workplace of a construction machine, comprising: a seat with a seating surface; an armrest arranged to the side of the seating surface and having an arm supporting surface configured to support an operator's arm; and at least one control element arranged on the armrest for controlling at least one machine function, wherein an adjusting device is provided which is arranged in a manner that the armrest is adjustable between a sitting operating position and a standing operating position which in comparison with the sitting operating position is positioned upwardly in the vertical direction, the armrest and the arm supporting surface being arranged such that a position of the operator's arm relative to the arm supporting surface, and also relative to the at least one control element, is maintained as the armrest is adjusted between the sitting operating position and the standing operating position, and wherein the adjusting device is arranged in a manner that in the standing operating position the armrest is automatically forwardly offset in the horizontal direction in relation to the seating surface relative to the sitting operating position.