Abstract: A footrest assembly (15) comprises a footrest (17) and a clip (18). The clip (18) has a shank (27) to be inserted into and fixed to a hollow tubular support (22, 23) extending from a rear surface (21) of a step of the footrest (17), and a resilient engagement pawl (29), which serves as a vehicle body panel fixing portion, formed in a shank portion from protruded from the end of the support. A protrusion (33) for defining the height of the footrest is provided at the intermediate region of the side surface of the shank (27) of the clip (18), and is arranged to engage with an end face of a notch (26) formed at the end of the support so as to prevent the shank from being further inserted. The protrusion (33) is formed at the side surface of the shank of predetermined strength which allows the protrusion to be shorn by the end of the support when a vehicle collision of a predetermined impact force causes the shank to be pressed to the support of the footrest.

Abstract: A footrest assembly 15 comprises a footrest 17 and a clip 18. The clip 18 has a shank 27 to be inserted into and fixed to a hollow tubular support 22, 23 extending from a rear surface 21 of a step of the footrest 17, and a resilient engagement pawl 29, which serves as a vehicle body panel fixing portion, formed in a shank portion from protruded from the end of the support. A protrusion 33 for defining the height of the footrest is provided at the intermediate region of the side surface of the shank 27 of the clip 18, and is arranged to engage with an end face of a notch 26 formed at the end of the support so as to prevent the shank from being further inserted. The protrusion 33 is formed at the side surface of the shank of predetermined strength which allows the protrusion to be shorn by the end of the support when a vehicle collision of a predetermined impact force causes the shank to be pressed to the support of the footrest.