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US 12,054,262 B2Granted
Seat assembly and passenger seat arrangement
AssigneeAdient Aerospace, LLC
InventorMax Wisniewski
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Abstract
A seat assembly includes a base structure having at least one of a seat pan shell and a backrest shell, and one or more attachment structures configured to removably couple at least one of the seat pan shell and the backrest shell to a seat surface arrangement or a utility surface arrangement. The base structure is convertible between a passenger seat and a utility element based on the coupling of the seat surface arrangement or the utility surface arrangement, respectively, to the base structure.
Claims20
A seat assembly for a vehicle cabin comprising:
- a base structure connected to a floor of the vehicle cabin and having a seat pan shell and a backrest shell defining a non-seating structure;
- and
- one or more attachment structures directly connected to each of the seat pan shell and an upper forward-facing portion of the backrest shell, the one or more attachment structures configured to interchangeably couple, one at a time, a seat surface arrangement or a utility surface arrangement directly to the seat pan shell and the backrest shell,
- wherein the seat surface arrangement includes one or more cushions configured to cover both of the seat pan shell and the backrest shell, and
- wherein the base structure is convertible between a passenger seat and a non-seat utility element based on the coupling of the seat surface arrangement or the utility surface arrangement, respectively, to the base structure.
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A passenger seat arrangement comprising:
- a first passenger seat;
- a second passenger seat;
- and
- a third passenger seat, wherein the second passenger seat is between the first and third passenger seats, and the first, second and third passenger seats together define a seating row, at least one of the first passenger seat, the second passenger seat, and the third passenger seat comprising a seat assembly, wherein the seat assembly comprises:
- a base structure having a seat pan shell and a backrest shell;
- and
- one or more attachment structures configured to interchangeably couple the seat pan shell and the backrest shell directly to a seat surface arrangement or a utility surface arrangement wherein the seat surface arrangement includes one or more cushions configured to cover both of the seat pan shell and the backrest shell, and, wherein the base structure is convertible based on the coupling of the seat surface arrangement or the utility surface arrangement, respectively, to the base structure by replacing one of the seat surface arrangement and the utility surface arrangement with the other one of the seat surface arrangement and the utility surface arrangement;
- wherein the seat assembly comprises the attachment structures on each of an upper forward-facing portion of the backrest shell and the seat shell, the attachment structures configured for mating with corresponding attachment structures on seat surface arrangement or a utility surface arrangement.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- removing a seat unit from a frame of a passenger seat assembly in a row of passenger seats in an aircraft cabin by disconnecting mounting elements located on each of an upper forward-facing portion of a backrest frame and a seat frame from attachment elements on the seat unit;
- the seat unit comprising one or more cushions configured to cover both of a backrest and a seat of the passenger seat assembly;
- and
- connecting a non-seat unit to the passenger seat assembly by mating the mounting elements on the backrest frame and the seat frame with corresponding attachment elements on the non-seat unit.
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A passenger seating arrangement for an aircraft cabin comprising:
- at least two passenger seat assemblies arranged adjacently in a row;
- wherein at least one passenger seat assembly in the row is a convertible seat assembly that includes a frame having mounting elements on each of an upper forward-facing portion of a backrest and a seat of the frame, the mounting elements configured for mating with corresponding attachment elements on a seat unit and a non-seat unit;
- the convertible seat assembly having a first configuration and a second configuration;
- wherein the first configuration includes the seat unit connected directly to the backrest and the seat of the frame in which the mounting elements of the backrest and the seat of the frame are connected to the corresponding attachment elements of the seat unit, wherein when in the first configuration, the convertible seat assembly is configured as a passenger seat;
- wherein the second configuration includes a non-seat unit connected directly to the backrest and the seat of the frame in which the mounting elements of the backrest and the seat of the frame are connected to the corresponding attachment elements of the non-seat unit;
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- wherein the frame is configured to connect to only one of the seat unit or non-seat unit at a time;
- and
- wherein the seat unit includes one or more cushion structures configured to cover both of the backrest and the seat of the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.