Arm rest for the operator's seat on a moving machine

In an operator's support for a movable machine including a horizontally extending seating surface, back rest means for limiting rearward movement of an operator seated on said surface, and an armrest laterally offset from said surface and upwardly projecting beyond the same, the improvement in the armrest which comprises:

• the armrest having a horizontally extending top face elongated in a forward and rearward direction, said top face having two longitudinal edge portions one remote from and one adjacent said surface respectively;
• a side wall projecting upwardly from said adjacent edge portion, the height of said side wall being smaller than the length thereof in said direction and at least equal to the horizontal thickness thereof transverse to said direction, said thickness being smaller than the width of said top face, said side wall having a rear terminal portion closely adjacent said back rest means, said side wall extending forwardly from said rear terminal portion;
• said top face having a longitudinally terminal front portion remote from said back rest means, a plurality of control elements for controlling operation of said machine being movably mounted on said armrest and projecting upwardly from said front portion;
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• another side wall projecting upward from said remote edge portion, said other side wall being elongated in said direction, said side walls being transversely spaced from each other and having respective terminal front portions longitudinally coextensive with said longitudinally terminal front portion of said top face, the terminal front portions of said side walls flaring in a forward direction.