Leg support for vehicle occupant

A leg support for a vehicle occupant, comprising:

• a leg support base configured to mount to a center console in a selected position relative to a vehicle seat in a vehicle;
• a leg engagement member that is adjustable in position relative to the leg support base,
• wherein the leg engagement member has a leg engagement surface that extends generally parallel to a sagittal plane of a vehicle occupant in the vehicle seat so as to be positioned to engage the laterally outer face of a lower leg of the vehicle occupant, wherein the leg engagement surface is positioned to engage the lower leg of the vehicle occupant above the lateral malleolus of the fibula of the vehicle occupant and to engage the lower leg of the vehicle occupant above a midpoint of the fibula and below the superior epiphysis of the fibula, and wherein the leg engagement member is positionable to support the lower leg of the vehicle occupant in such a way that the upper leg and the lower leg extend in a common plane that is substantially parallel to the sagittal plane of the vehicle occupant;
• a pump coupled to the leg support base and configured to:
• draw a fluid from a reservoir, and
• provide the fluid to the leg engagement member to at least partially fill the leg engagement member;
• a pump motor for driving the pump, the pump motor being configured to electrically couple to a power source for the pump;
• and
• a pump controller;
• wherein the leg engagement member has at least one orifice coupled to the pump through which the fluid is provided to the leg engagement member.