Center console with privacy divider for passenger seat
AssigneesSafran Seats USA LLC, Safran Seats
InventorsDaniel Abraham Chavarria Garcia, Juan Carlos Adib Audelo Navarro, Mario Gerardo Herrera Murillo, Raul Daniel Flores Aguirre
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Abstract
Described is a passenger seat having a seat bottom, a seat back, and a privacy divider. The seat back may have a stationary portion and a moveable portion, wherein the moveable portion is substantially upright in stowed position and is substantially horizontal over the seat bottom in a deployed position. The privacy divider may be coupled to at least an upper surface of the moveable portion in the deployed position.
Claims17
A passenger seat comprising:
- a headrest portion;
- a seat bottom;
- a seat back comprising a stationary portion and a moveable portion, wherein the moveable portion is substantially upright in stowed position and is substantially horizontal over the seat bottom in a deployed position;
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- a privacy divider coupled to at least an upper surface of the moveable portion in the deployed position and moveable between a stowed state and a deployed state;
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- wherein, in the deployed state, the privacy divider extends between the upper surface of the moveable portion in the deployed position and the headrest portion;
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- wherein the privacy divider comprises an attachment portion that is coupleable to the headrest portion, and wherein the headrest portion defines a cavity that is sized to receive the attachment portion.
A row of passenger seats comprising:
- at least one first passenger seat comprising:
- a headrest portion;
- a seat bottom;
- a seat back comprising a stationary portion and a moveable portion, wherein the moveable portion is substantially upright in stowed position and is substantially horizontal over the seat bottom in a deployed position;
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- a privacy divider coupled to at least an upper surface of the moveable portion in the deployed position and moveable between a stowed state and a deployed state;
- wherein the privacy divider comprises an attachment portion that is coupleable to the headrest portion, and wherein the headrest portion defines a cavity that is sized to receive the attachment portion;
- and
- wherein, in the deployed state, the privacy divider extends between the upper surface of the moveable portion in the deployed position and the headrest portion;
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- at least two second passenger seats, wherein the at least one first passenger seat is positioned between the at least two second passenger seats.
A method of deploying a moveable portion of a seat back of a passenger seat, the method comprising:
- moving the moveable portion into a deployed position, wherein the moveable portion is substantially horizontal above a seat bottom of the passenger seat in the deployed position;
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- coupling an attachment portion of a privacy divider to a headrest portion;
- wherein the privacy divider is coupled to at least an upper surface of the moveable portion in the deployed position and moveable between a stowed state and a deployed state;
- and
- wherein, in the deployed state, the privacy divider extends between the upper surface of the moveable portion in the deployed position and the headrest portion;
- and
- wherein the headrest portion defines a cavity that is sized to receive the attachment portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.