# US 11,299,275 B2 · Removable modular privacy assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,299,275 B2 - Document ID: US11299275B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/270,934 - Filed: 2018-08-24 - Published: 2021-07-08 - Granted: 2022-04-12 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-24 - Assignees: Safran Seats USA LLC - Applicants: Safran Seats USA LLC - Inventors: Arthur Glain; Oscar Ruiz Lara - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11299275B2 ## CPC - B64D 11/0602: {Seat modules, i.e. seat systems including furniture separate from the seat itself} - B64D 11/0606: {with privacy shells, screens, separators or the like (class dividers B64D11/0023)} - B60N 2/885: provided with side-rests - B64D 11/0642: {Adjustable headrests} - B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A removable privacy panel assembly (100) for a passenger seat includes a center panel (101) with a width approximately equal to a width of the passenger seat and at least one side panel (103, 104) with a connection to the center panel (101) where the at least one side panel extends approximately perpendicular to the center panel. The removable privacy panel assembly includes a deployed configuration where the removable privacy panel assembly is attached to the passenger seat and an uninstalled configuration where the removable privacy panel assembly is detached from the passenger seat. In the deployed configuration, the center panel is approximately aligned with a seatback (11) of the passenger seat and the at least one side panel (103, 104) extends forward from the center panel (101) beyond a seating surface of the passenger seat. In the deployed configuration, the at least one side panel (103, 104) is disposed adjacent to a headrest (15) of the passenger seat. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A removable privacy panel assembly for a passenger seat comprising: a center panel comprising a central split that defines a left portion and a right portion, wherein the center panel has a width approximately equal to a width of the passenger seat; at least one side panel comprising a connection to the center panel and extending approximately perpendicular to the center panel; a deployed configuration, wherein the removable privacy panel assembly is attached to the passenger seat; an uninstalled configuration, wherein the removable privacy panel assembly is detached from the passenger seat; and wherein, in the deployed configuration: the center panel is approximately aligned with a seatback of the passenger seat and at least one of the left portion and the right portion of the removable privacy panel assembly can be removed and a remaining one of the at least one of the left portion and the right portion of the removable privacy panel assembly can be disposed adjacent to approximately half of the seatback of the passenger seat. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The removable privacy panel assembly of claim 1, further comprising a passenger seat comprising: a seatback; a headrest; and at least one armrest. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The removable privacy panel assembly of claim 2, wherein the at least one side panel is approximately aligned with the at least one armrest. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The removable privacy panel assembly of claim 2, wherein the at least one side panel is approximately aligned with the at least one armrest. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The removable privacy panel assembly of claim 2, wherein the at least one side panel extends forward from the center panel beyond a seating surface of the passenger seat, wherein the at least one side panel is disposed adjacent to a headrest of the passenger seat. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The passenger seat of claim 2, wherein the center panel comprises a cutout corresponding to an upper feature on a rear side of the passenger seat. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The passenger seat of claim 2, wherein the at least one side panel comprises a hinge such that the at least one side panel pivots relative to the center panel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The passenger seat of claim 2, wherein the at least one side panel comprises two side panels on opposite sides of the center panel, wherein the two side panels extend approximately parallel to one another. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The passenger seat of claim 2, wherein the connection between the at least one side panel and the center panel comprises a detachable connection. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The passenger seat of claim 2, wherein the removable privacy panel assembly further comprises at least one protrusion such that, in the deployed configuration, the at least one protrusion engages a corresponding slot in the passenger seat. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The passenger seat of claim 2, wherein a lower edge of the at least one side panel comprises a non-linear segment. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The passenger seat of claim 2, wherein the at least one side panel comprises a curved surface that curves toward a center of passenger seat. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The removable privacy panel assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one side panel extends forward from the center panel beyond a seating surface of the passenger seat, wherein the at least one side panel is disposed adjacent to a headrest of the passenger seat. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The removable privacy panel assembly of claim 1, wherein the center panel comprises a cutout corresponding to an upper feature on a rear side of the passenger seat. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The removable privacy panel assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one side panel comprises a hinge such that the at least one side panel pivots relative to the center panel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The removable privacy panel assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one side panel comprises two side panels on opposite sides of the center panel, wherein the two side panels extend approximately parallel to one another. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The removable privacy panel assembly of claim 1, wherein the connection between the at least one side panel and the center panel comprises a detachable connection. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The removable privacy panel assembly of claim 1, further comprising at least one protrusion such that, in the deployed configuration, the at least one protrusion engages a corresponding slot in the passenger seat. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The removable privacy panel assembly of claim 1, wherein a lower edge of the at least one side panel comprises a non-linear segment. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The removable privacy panel assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one side panel comprises a curved surface that curves toward a center of passenger seat.