Deployable footrest assembly

A footrest assembly, comprising:

• a top plate moveable between deployed and stowed positions relative to a housing;
• a latch mechanism disposed on the top plate, and adapted to retain the top plate in the stowed position when the latch mechanism is in a latched position;
• an actuator operably coupled to and linearly aligned with the top plate, biasing the top plate to the deployed position when the latch mechanism is in an unlatched position;
• a linkage assembly disposed between and operably coupled to the top plate and the housing, the linkage assembly operably between an extended position and a collapsed position, wherein the linkage assembly is adapted to support the top plate in the deployed position when the linkage assembly is in the extended position, wherein the linkage assembly is in a locked condition in the extended position;
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• a stowage mechanism having a cable, the cable coupled to the latch mechanism at a first end and further coupled to the linkage assembly at a second end, wherein the stowage mechanism is adapted to release the linkage assembly from the locked condition as the latch mechanism is moved to the unlatched position.

A footrest assembly, comprising:

• a top plate operable between deployed and stowed positions;
• a linkage assembly adapted to support the top plate in the deployed position;
• an actuation trigger disposed on the top plate and coupled to a latch mechanism for latching the top plate in the stowed position, wherein the latch mechanism is operable between latched and unlatched positions, wherein the latch mechanism is adapted to engage a housing coupled to the top plate to retain the top plate in the stowed position when the latch mechanism is in the latched position;
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• a stowage mechanism coupled to the latch mechanism and adapted to move the linkage assembly from a locked condition towards a collapsed condition, wherein the stowage mechanism includes a cable coupled to the latch mechanism at a first end and coupled to the linkage assembly at a second end, the cable adapted to move the linkage assembly from the locked condition towards the collapsed condition as the latch mechanism moves to the unlatched position.