Reduced profile legrest for a seat

A vehicle seat comprising:

• a seat bottom frame having a front, a back opposite the front, and enclosing a volume;
• a seat back frame pivotally connected to the back of the seat bottom frame;
• a seat legrest pivotally connected to the front of the seat bottom frame, comprising:
• a legrest frame having at least one edge, a bottom surface, and a width;
• a centerline being a point that is half of the width;
• a first distance being a distance between the at least one edge and the centerline;
• a linkage mechanism, pivotably deploying and retracting the legrest frame, and having a first end and a second end;
• a linkage separation distance being a distance between the second end of the linkage mechanism and the centerline;
• and
• a compartment disposed on the bottom surface within the linkage separation distance, and comprising at least one open side,
• wherein the first end of the linkage mechanism is attached to the seat bottom frame;
• wherein the second end of the linkage mechanism is attached to the legrest frame;
• and
• wherein the linkage separation distance is greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 0.70 of the first distance.

A reduced profile legrest system, comprising:

• a legrest frame having at least two opposing edges and a width;
• a centerline being a point that is half of the width;
• and
• at least two linkage mechanisms, each deploying and retracting the legrest frame, and each having a first end and a second end, wherein at least one of the linkage mechanisms comprises:
• an attachment section attached to the legrest frame;
• a first paired link rotatably attached to the attachment section;
• a seat connector link rotatably attached to the first paired link;
• a first stabilizer bar, extending from the at least one linkage mechanism to the other linkage mechanism, rotatable attached to the first paired link and the seat connector link;
• a second paired link rotatably attached to the attachment section, the seat connector link, and the first stabilizer bar;
• an actuation link rotatably attached to the second paired link;
• and
• a second stabilizer bar, extending from the at least one linkage mechanism to the other linkage mechanism, rotatable attached to the second paired link and the actuation link;
• wherein the second ends of the linkage mechanisms are attached to the legrest frame, and
• wherein each of the second ends of the linkage mechanisms are offset from at least one of the two opposing edges toward the centerline.