Cab for lift truck with swing out windshield

A cab for a lift truck having a mast at its front end and a steering wheel disposed rearwardly of the mast and movably mounted for displacement along a path from a rearward operational position to a temporary forward clearance position, the cab having a structure for protecting a driver seated rearwardly of the operational position of the steering wheel, said cab structure including a forward face having a windshield, the forward face extending geneally upright in a plane and from side to side of the truck, said forward cab face including a movable panel carrying said windshield, hinge means on said cab structure supporting said movable panel for pivotal movement between a normal position and an extended position, the pivot axis of said hinge means being generally vertical and being disposed at a front corner of the cab most distant from the steering wheel, said movable panel in said normal position having a portion proximate to said steering wheel extending across said path and in said extended position having said proximate portion disposed forwardly of said steering wheel clearance position whereby said steering wheel is free of obstruction by said panel in its movement from its operational position to its clearance position, the hinge means being so constructed and disposed to cause said panel to swing between said normal position and extended position without interference with said mast when the mast is in a generally vertical position, a windshield wiper unit fixed to a portion of said cab structure separate from said movable panel, said wiper unit including a wiper arm extending over said windshield when the movable panel is in its normal position, said wiper arm including a pivot center adjacent but outward of the path of said movable panel, and disposed laterally inwardly of the movable panel hinge axis, said pivot center permitting said wiper arm to deflect forwardly with said movable panel when said movable panel is moved to its clearance position.