Patent ID: 8708417

Claim:
A leg rest mechanism suitable for use together with a seat pad of a seat in a passenger vehicle, said leg rest mechanism comprising: a support member moveably mounted adjacent said seat and adapted for supporting a passenger's leg; said support member is supported in and is moveable between a stowed position in which the support member is stowable under the seat pad of the seat and; an extended position in which the support member defines a substantially horizontal surface coplanar with the seat pad on which a passenger is at least in part supportable; and at least one intermediate position located between the stowed position and an intermediate limit between the stowed position and the extended position; and an extension arrangement for supporting the support member, including an adjustable support mechanism including a drive arrangement for driving movement of the support member between the stowed position and the intermediate limit, a horizontal support mechanism for supporting the support member in the extended position, wherein the adjustable support mechanism only said support member when positioned between the stowed position and the intermediate limit, and wherein the support member is moveable between the intermediate limit and the extended position only by manually lifting the support member.