Patent ID: 7448688

Claim:
A footrest for a handrail comprising: an attachment member for removably connecting the footrest to the handrail; a foot receiving member comprising a flexible fabric for supporting a user foot, the flexible fabric suspended between a pair of elongated support members; a vertical offset member connecting the foot receiving member to the attachment member, the vertical offset member comprising a first suspension member and a second suspension member disposed adjacent the first suspension member; a first collapsible cross-member connecting the first suspension member to the second suspension member, the first collapsible cross-member comprising a first link and a second link pivotally connected to the first link, the first link having an end opposite its pivot connection to the second link pivotally connected to the first suspension member, and the second link having an end opposite its pivot connection to the first link pivotally connected to the second suspension member; and a second collapsible cross-member connecting the first suspension member to the second suspension member, the second collapsible cross-member member displaced away from the first collapsible cross-member and comprising a third link and a fourth link pivotally connected to the third link, the third link having an end opposite its pivot connection to the fourth link pivotally connected to the first suspension member, and the fourth link having an end opposite its pivot connection to the third link pivotally connected to the second suspension member, wherein the first link of the first collapsible cross-member and the third link of the second collapsible cross-member rotate in opposite directions about their respective pivot connections to the first suspension member when the cross-members are collapsed.