Patent ID: 7967358

Claim:
A footrest for a vehicle, comprising: a footrest part for making contact with a foot of a vehicle occupant; a footrest base member for supporting the footrest part on a front partition of a passenger compartment, the footrest base member having one end part adapted to be mounted on a vehicle structure and an opposite end part continuing from the one end part, a front surface load absorption mechanism adapted to connect the opposite end part of the footrest base member to the front partition so as to absorb a load applied to the front partition; and a lower limb load absorption mechanism for supporting the footrest part on the opposite end part of the footrest base member and absorbing a load applied from the vehicle occupant to the footrest part, wherein the front surface load absorption mechanism comprises a center connection part adapted to be connected to the front partition and three stay parts rising in three directions from a peripheral edge of the center connection part, each of the three stay parts being coupled to the footrest base member.