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US 11,623,751 B2Granted
Spreader with open slot for passenger seat
AssigneeSafran Seats USA LLC
InventorCharles Michael Parker
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Abstract
A passenger seat includes a spreader with one or more open slot. The slot may be positioned on a lateral side of the spreader and may receive a portion of a seat base of the passenger seat within the slot. In some aspects, the slot may be elongated, and an insertion opening for the slot is provided in a top side of the spreader.
Claims17
A spreader for a passenger seat, the spreader comprising:
- a forward end;
- an aft end opposite from the forward end;
- a top side;
- a bottom side opposite from the top side;
- a first side extending from the forward end to the aft end;
- a second side opposite from the first side and extending from the forward end to the aft end;
- and
- a slot on the first side and configured to receive a portion of a base assembly within the slot, wherein the slot is elongated, and wherein the top side defines an insertion opening providing access to the slot,
- wherein the slot is a first slot and the insertion opening is a first insertion opening, and wherein the spreader further comprises a second slot on the first side, wherein the second slot is elongated, and wherein the top side defines a second insertion opening providing access to the second slot.
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A spreader for a passenger seat, the spreader comprising:
- a forward end;
- an aft end opposite from the forward end;
- a top side;
- a bottom side opposite from the top side;
- a side extending from the forward end to the aft end;
- and
- a slot on the side and configured to receive a portion of a base assembly within the slot,
- wherein the slot comprises an insertion opening in the top side, and wherein the slot is elongated towards the forward end from the insertion opening,
- wherein the slot is a first slot and the insertion opening is a first insertion opening, and wherein the spreader further comprises a second slot on the side, wherein the second slot is elongated, and wherein the top side defines a second insertion opening providing access to the second slot.
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A spreader for a passenger seat, the spreader comprising:
- a forward end;
- an aft end opposite from the forward end;
- a top side;
- a bottom side opposite from the top side;
- a first side extending from the forward end to the aft end;
- a second side opposite from the first side and extending from the forward end to the aft end;
- and
- a slot on the first side and configured to receive a portion of a base assembly within the slot, wherein the slot is elongated, and wherein the top side defines an insertion opening providing access to the slot,
- wherein the insertion opening comprises a forward edge and an aft edge, and wherein the forward edge and the aft edge are coplanar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.