Driver-side floor structure of vehicle

Details Driver-side floor structure of vehicle Driver-side floor structure of vehicle

2011-05-24

2011-05-24

Lyjak, Lori L (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Foot rests

C296S193070, C074S564000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07946641

ABSTRACT:
A floor structure on a driver side of a vehicle where a control pedal, such as a brake pedal, adapted to be depressedly operated by a driver seated in a driver seat arranged at a front of a passenger compartment. The floor structure has a heel-placement zone which is provided on an approximately horizontal floor portion located rearward of a depressing point of the control pedal, and formed to have a frontward region adapted to allow a short person seated in the driver seat place his/her heel thereon and a rearward region adapted to allow a tall person seated in the driver seat place his/her heel thereon. The heel-placement zone includes an inclined surface portion formed in at least part thereof in such a manner as to rise relative to a surrounding area of the floor portion and has an upper surface extending obliquely upwardly and frontwardly. The floor structure can adjust a driving posture easily and adequately with a simple structure to allow a driver seated in the driver seat to adequately operate the control pedal.

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