Combination footrest and baggage bar for aircraft passenger seat

Abstract

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.