Combination footrest and baggage bar for aircraft passenger seat
A passenger seat having at least one leg assembly for attachment to a supporting surface, with a seat bottom and seat back carried by the at least one leg assembly. A footrest bar that can also serve as a baggage bar is fixed in a stationary position below and laterally extending between opposed sides of the seat bottom and in a relatively-forward position relative to the seat bottom for supporting feet of an aft-seated passenger.
1 . A passenger seat, comprising:
(a) at least one leg assembly for attachment to a supporting surface;
(b) a seat bottom and seat back carried by the at least one leg assembly;
(c) a footrest bar fixed in a stationary position below and laterally extending between opposed sides of the seat bottom and in a relatively-forward position relative to the seat bottom for supporting feet of an aft-seated passenger.
2 . A passenger seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat includes two spaced-apart leg assemblies, and further wherein the footrest bar is connected to and extends between the two leg assemblies.
3 . A passenger seat according to claim 1 , wherein a rear-facing surface of the footrest bar is positioned at an anatomically-appropriate oblique angle for supporting the feet at a heel down, toe up position.
4 . A passenger seat according to claim 3 , wherein the footrest bar is positioned in generally vertical alignment with a forward edge of the seat bottom.
5 . A passenger seat according to claim 2 , wherein the spaced-apart leg assemblies each comprise a single leg member.
6 . A passenger seat according to claim 2 , wherein the spaced-apart leg assemblies each comprise a single leg member and further wherein the respective single leg members support the seat bottom and seat back from a position below a forward portion of the seat bottom.
7 . A passenger seat according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the footrest bar comprises a baggage retention bar for preventing forward movement past the baggage retention bar of baggage stowed under the seat bottom.
8 . An aircraft passenger seat according to claim 1 or 2 , and including a stationary shell for supporting the seat back in a stationary position.
9 . An aircraft passenger seating group, comprising:
(a) a pair of laterally spaced-apart leg assemblies for attachment to an aircraft deck;
(b) a plurality of laterally-adjacent seat bottoms and seat backs carried by the leg assemblies;
(c) a combination footrest and baggage bar positioned below and laterally extending between opposed sides of the seat bottoms and in a relatively-forward position relative to the seat bottoms for supporting feet of an aft-seated passenger.
10 . An aircraft passenger seating group according to claim 9 , wherein a rear-facing surface of the footrest bar is positioned at an anatomically-appropriate oblique angle for supporting the feet at a heel down, toe up position.
11 . An aircraft passenger seating group according to claim 10 , wherein the footrest bar is positioned in generally vertical alignment with a forward edge of the seat bottoms.
12 . An aircraft passenger seating group according to claim 10 , wherein the spaced-apart leg assemblies each comprise a single leg member.
13 . An aircraft passenger seating group according to claim 12 , wherein the spaced-apart leg assemblies each comprise a single leg member and further wherein the respective single leg members support the seat bottom and seat back from a position below a forward portion of the seat bottom.
14 . An aircraft passenger seating group according to claim 9 or 10 , wherein the footrest bar comprises a baggage retention bar for preventing forward movement past the baggage retention bar of baggage stowed under the seat bottom.
15 . A passenger seating group according to claim 9 or 10 , and including a stationary shell for supporting the seat back in a stationary position.
16 . A passenger seating group according to claim 9 or 10 , wherein a bottom side of the combination footrest and baggage bar is positioned flush with the aircraft deck.
17 . A passenger seating group according to claim 9 or 10 , wherein a bottom side of the combination footrest and baggage bar is positioned in spaced-apart relation to the aircraft deck.