Non-intrusive and extendable armrest
AssigneeSafran Seats USA LLC
InventorsAnthony Tran, Romain Tranier, Amen Omoragbon, Nguyen Foek Le
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Abstract
Described are armrests for positioning between passenger seats having a base component with a divider extending upward from an upper surface of the base component and at least one adjustable component movably coupled to the base component. In a retracted position, the adjustable component and divider are arranged to form a non-intrusive barrier between passengers' arms. In an extended position, the divider is arranged to form the non-intrusive barrier between passengers' arms, while the adjustable component is arranged to extend a width of the armrest.
Claims17
An armrest for a passenger seat comprising:
- a base component comprising two sides and an upper surface;
- a divider extending upward from the upper surface of the base component and comprising an upper end at a height above the upper surface;
- at least one adjustable component movably coupled to the base component, the at least one adjustable component comprising a curved retracted support surface and an extended support surface;
- wherein, in a retracted position, the at least one adjustable component is positioned so that the curved retracted support surface extends with a non-linear curve between the upper end of the divider and an edge of one of the two sides of the base component;
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- wherein, in an extended position, the at least one adjustable component is positioned so that the extended support surface is positioned adjacent one of the two sides of the base component.
An armrest positioned between two passenger seats, the armrest comprising:
- a base component comprising a divider extending upward from an upper surface of the base component;
- at least one adjustable component coupled to the base component, the at least one adjustable component movable relative to the base component between a retracted position and an extended position, each adjustable component comprising a concave support surface;
- wherein, in the retracted position, the at least one adjustable component and the divider are arranged to form a non-intrusive barrier between opposing sides of the base component and the concave support surface extends to an upper end of the divider and with a non-linear curvature in a lateral direction relative to a length of the armrest;
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- wherein, in the extended position, the divider is arranged to form the non-intrusive barrier.
An armrest positioned between two passenger seats, the armrest comprising:
- a base component comprising two sides and an upper surface;
- at least one adjustable component coupled to the base component, the at least one adjustable component movable relative to the base component between a retracted position and an extended position, the at least one adjustable component comprising a curved retracted support surface with a non-linear curvature;
- wherein, in the retracted position, the at least one adjustable component is arranged to form a non-intrusive barrier between the two sides of the base component of the armrest and such that the curved retracted surface faces upwards;
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- wherein, in the extended position, the at least one adjustable component is positioned so that the curved retracted support surface faces downwards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.