Pedal locking device for a loader

A loader comprising:

• a vehicle body with a canopy and a seat;
• a hydraulic control valve unit for controlling flow of working fluid therethrough;
• a seat bar mounted to the canopy of the vehicle body for swinging movement between a lowered position in which an operator is restrained from movement away from the seat and a raised position in which the operator is released from the seat;
• at least one pedal operatively associated with the control valve unit and tiltable about a horizontal axis between an operative position wherein the control valve unit allows the working fluid to pass therethrough and a neutral position wherein the control valve unit inhibits passage of the working fluid therethrough;
• a dog plate attached to the pedal for unitary tilting movement with the petal and having a locking slot opened frontwards;
• at least one detent lever provided in front of the dog plate and rotatable mounted to a mounting means to rotate about a vertical axis between a locking position wherein the detent lever engages with the locking slot of the dog plate to keep the pedal in the neutral position and an unlocking position wherein the detent lever disengages from the locking slot to permit the tilting movement of the pedal;
• first actuator means for biasing the detent lever into the locking position while the seat bar is in the raised position;
• and
• second actuator means for causing the detent lover to swing into the unlocking position as the seat bar is brought into the lowered position.