Passenger seating arrangement
AssigneeRECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsChristopher Chilcott, Hermann Hoffmann
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Abstract
In a passenger seating arrangement in an aircraft cabin, the passenger seating arrangement has exactly two rows of seat units and exactly one aisle. A first row of seat units and a second row of seat units are separated by the aisle. The rows of seat units and the aisle all extend in a longitudinal direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin. Each seat unit includes a seat, an upper shell and a lower shell, the lower shell forming a footwell. The seats are arranged in parallel to each other in a seating direction. An upper shell of a first seat unit and a lower shell of a second seat unit, which, viewed in the longitudinal direction, is arranged behind the first seat unit, partially overlap in a vertical direction.
Claims15
A passenger seating arrangement in an aircraft cabin, the passenger seating arrangement comprising:
- exactly two rows of seat units and exactly one aisle, wherein a first row of seat units and a second row of seat units are separated by the aisle, and wherein the rows of seat units and the aisle all extend in a longitudinal direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, each seat unit comprising a seat, an upper shell and a lower shell, the lower shell forming a footwell, wherein the seats are arranged in parallel to each other in a seating direction, wherein, viewed in the longitudinal direction, a second seat unit is arranged behind the first seat unit, wherein the upper shell of the first seat unit and the lower shell of the second seat unit partially overlap in a vertical direction, and wherein, viewed in a transverse direction perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, the footwell of the first seat unit partially overlaps with the footwell of the second seat unit.
A passenger seating arrangement in an aircraft cabin, the passenger seating arrangement comprising:
- exactly two rows of seat units and exactly one aisle, wherein a first row of seat units and a second row of seat units are separated by the aisle, and wherein the rows of seat units and the aisle all extend in a longitudinal direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin,
- each seat unit comprising
- a seat,
- an upper shell and a lower shell, the lower shell forming a footwell,
- wherein the seats are arranged in parallel to each other in a seating direction,
- wherein, viewed in the longitudinal direction, a second seat unit is arranged behind a first seat unit,
- wherein the upper shell of the first seat unit and the lower shell of the second seat unit-partially overlap in a vertical direction,
- wherein, viewed in a transverse direction perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, the footwell of the first seat unit partially overlaps with the footwell of the second seat unit,
- wherein each seat of each seat unit is arranged such that the seating direction includes a maximum seating angle of 45° with the longitudinal axis,
- wherein each seat of each seat unit is arranged such that the seating direction is facing away from the aisle,
- wherein each seat has a seating configuration and a flat-bed configuration,
- wherein in the flat-bed configuration the seat unit provides a lying-down surface with a length of at least 203 cm (80 inches),
- wherein, viewed in the transverse direction perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, the footwell of the first seat unit partially overlaps with the footwell of the second seat unit in the longitudinal direction by at least 12 cm (5 inches).
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