Patent ID: 8246118

Claim:
A footrest for a foot of a person who is at least partially supported by a seat disposed on at least one support post, comprising: a mounting bracket operatively secured to the at least one support post; a brace having a deployed configuration and having a footrest surface configured for at least partially supporting the foot of the person in the deployed configuration of the brace; and a connecting assembly comprising (a) a first engagement mechanism configured to variably secure the connecting assembly to the mounting bracket in a plurality of bracket angle positions, (b) a second engagement mechanism configured to variably secure the connecting assembly to the brace in a plurality of brace angle positions, and (c) a biasing system configured to (i) bias the first engagement mechanism in a first position selected from the plurality of bracket angle positions and (ii) bias the second engagement mechanism in a second position selected from the plurality of brace angle positions.