Footrest plate and footrest plate mounting assembly

A footrest plate mounting assembly for attaching an elongated footrest plate to a workpiece such as a vehicle body, wherein said workpiece is formed with a pair of rectangular mounting holes disposed with leaving a certain distance therebetween at respective positions for mounting said footrest plate thereon, said footrest plate having a footrest side and a rear side opposite to said footrest side, said rear side being provided with a pair of clips disposed with leaving a certain distance therebetween in the longitudinal direction of said footrest plate, in alignment with said pair of corresponding mounting holes, each of said clips having a rectangular cross-sectional insertion portion insertable into corresponding one of said mounting holes each formed in a rectangular shape,

• wherein said workpiece is formed with a reference hole at an intermediate position between said pair of mounting holes;
• said rear side of said footrest plate includes a reference protrusion insertable into said reference hole, said reference protrusion being provided at an intermediate position between said pair of clips disposed with leaving the certain distance therebetween in said longitudinal direction, and in alignment with said reference hole;
• said reference hole is formed in a rectangular hole defining a pair of lateral sides, each of which extends in a lateral direction intersecting said longitudinal direction and has a length greater than that of each lateral side of said mounting holes extending in said lateral direction;
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• said reference protrusion is formed in a rectangular cross-section defining a pair of lateral sides, each of which extends in said lateral direction and has a length greater than that of each lateral side of said clips extending in said lateral direction.