Operator's station supporting structure

A supporting structure for maintaining an operator's station of a work machine from excessive pivotal movement relative to a supporting frame of the work machine in response to a force being applied to and pivotally moving the operator's station, said operator's station having first and second spaced apart end portions;

• comprising:
• a pair of spaced pivot joints having a common transverse axis, said pivot joints pivotally connecting the first end portion of the operator's station to the supporting frame, said operators station being pivotally movable about the transverse axis in elevational directions relative to the supporting frame;
• a pair of spaced apart dampening devices each having first and second spaced apart extreme limits of movement and being connected to and between the second end portion of the operator's station and the supporting frame, said dampening devices maintaining the operators station from uncontrolled pivotal oscillations,
• a pair of spaced apart stops each having a first portion connected to a one of the supporting frame and a second portion connected to an other of the operator's station, said stops having a first flange, a second flange and a third flange, said first and second flanges being spaced apart a preselected distance "b" and being connected to the first portion, said third flange being disposed between the first and second flanges and connected to the second portion, said third flange being engageable with one of the first and second flanges in response to pivotal movement of the operator's station about said pivot axis and maintaining the operator's station from moving the pair of dampening devices to a one of the first and second extreme limits of movement, said first and second extreme limits of movement of the pair of dampening devices being spaced a preselected distance "a" apart, said distance "a" being greater in magnitude than the preselected distance "b" between the first and second flanges said first portion including a base member connected to said supporting frame,
• an opening disposed in said base member,
• a projecting portion connected to and extending from the second flange, said projecting portion being disposed in the opening and connected to said base member.