US 11,453,501 B2Granted

Arrangement of individual seats for passengers of an aeroplane

AssigneeSafran Seats

InventorsJeremy White, Nicholas Sandham, Richard Seale, Omar Chraibi

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Abstract

An arrangement of individual seats intended to be installed in a cabin of an aeroplane includes at least one assembly of two seats turned towards the interior in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the arrangement. An end assembly includes a first seat and a second seat, each seat being convertible between a sitting position and a recumbent position in which the seat defines a bed surface. An intermediate element includes a surface, referred to as the intermediate surface, located in the same plane as the bed surfaces of the first seat and of the second seat, such that the bed surfaces of the first seat and of the second seat as well as the intermediate surface form a common bed surface.

Claims16

Dependent claims

An arrangement of individual seats for an aircraft cabin, said arrangement comprising a longitudinal axis and comprising a plurality of sets of two seats, the sets arranged one behind the other, each seat having an axis,

wherein, for at least one set of the plurality of sets, the two seats face inwards towards the longitudinal axis of the arrangement,
wherein at least one set of the plurality of sets, referred to as an end set, is arranged at an end of the arrangement,
wherein the two seats of the end set comprising a first seat and a second seat, and wherein each of the first seat and the second seat being convertible between a sitting position and an extended position in which the seat defines a bed surface, and
wherein an intermediate element is arranged between the first seat and the second seat of the end set,
the intermediate element having a surface, referred to as an intermediate surface, located in the same plane as the bed surfaces of the first seat and the second seat, such that the bed surfaces of the first seat and the second seat and the intermediate surface form a shared bed surface, the intermediate surface filling a space between the bed surfaces of the first seat and the second seat at least in part.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/499,420Filed 29 Mar 2018
Priority: FR 175281531 Mar 2017
Published: US 2020/0148363 A114 May 2020
Granted: 27 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B64D 11/0641
With features for adjustment or converting of seats: seats convertible into beds
B64D 11/0601
Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats: arrangement of seats for non-standard seating layouts, e.g.…
B64D 11/0606
Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats: with privacy shells, screens, separators or the like
B64D 11/064
With features for adjustment or converting of seats: adjustable inclination or position of seats