Passenger seat comprising an extensible seat element, and passenger cabin area
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsFrank Cordes, Juergen Meister
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Abstract
A passenger seat comprises a backrest, a seat element and a size increasing mechanism which is configured to convert a weight acting on the seat element when a user sits in the passenger seat into an increase in the depth of a seat pan of the seat element that can be used by the user from a rest-position depth to a to an operational-position depth.
Claims18
A passenger seat, comprising:
- a backrest,
- a seat element,
- an enlargement mechanism, which is configured to convert a weight acting on the seat element when a user sits on the passenger seat into an increase in a depth of a seat surface, usable by the user, of the seat element from an inoperative position depth into a use position depth, and,
- a seat element carrier, wherein the seat element is fastened to the seat element carrier so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, which is arranged in a region of a front edge of the seat element carrier facing away from the backrest, relative to the seat element carrier between an inoperative position, in which the seat surface of the seat element forms an angle of 5 to 60° with a carrier surface of the seat element carrier, said carrier surface facing the seat element, and a use position, in which the seat surface of the seat element extends parallel to the carrier surface of the seat element carrier, said carrier surface facing the seat element.
The passenger seat as claimed in claim which furthermore comprises a gear mechanism which is configured to convert a pivoting movement of the seat element about the pivot axis into an activation or deactivation of the enlargement mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.