Seat assembly
OwnerCharalambos Savvidisinventor
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Abstract
A seat assembly with a first seat row that includes a first seat row, and a second seat row including a second seat and located behind the first seat row so that the second seat is located behind the first seat. The first seat has a seating surface provided by a seat structure, and a backrest. The backrest has a vertical pivot axis and is pivotable about the pivot axis, and includes two vertical lateral edges, the horizontal connection of which defines a transverse direction and between which a central line of the backrest is defined in the center. The pivot axis is formed by a vertical axis and is arranged in a position which is displaced from the central line of the backrest in the transverse direction. Pivoting the backrest about the pivot axis releases the seating surface of the first seat for a user of the second seat.
Claims20
A seat assembly comprising:
- a first row of seats having at least one first seat,
- a second seat row arranged behind the first row, the second seat row comprising a second seat, wherein the second seat is located behind the first seat,
- wherein the first seat comprises:
- a seat surface, provided by a seat structure,
- a backrest,
- wherein the backrest has a pivot axis and the backrest is pivotable about the pivot axis,
- wherein the backrest comprises two substantially vertically extending side edges, a horizontal connection of which defines a transverse direction and between which a center line of the backrest is defined centrally,
- wherein the pivot axis is formed by a vertical axis and is arranged in a position offset from the center line of the backrest in the transverse direction, and
- wherein the first seat is configured to release the seat surface of the first seat by pivoting the backrest about the pivot axis for a user of the second seat and further configured to provide the user with a free area for an individual use.
A method of utilizing seating surfaces in an aircraft, comprising:
- pivoting a backrest of a first seat, which comprises two substantially vertically extending side edges, a horizontal connection of which defines a transverse direction and between which a center line of the backrest is defined centrally, about a pivot axis offset from the center line in the transverse direction and formed by a vertical axis, wherein
- the backrest is pivotable from a first, non-pivoted position to a second, pivoted position or vice versa, wherein
- the backrest is locked in the respectively occupied position, and wherein
- a seat surface of the first seat is released for individual use by a user of a second seat by pivoting the backrest into the second, pivoted position, wherein the second seat is located behind the first seat.
A seat, comprising:
- a seat surface provided by a seat structure,
- a backrest, the backrest having a pivot axis and being configured to be pivotable about the pivot axis,
- wherein the backrest comprises two substantially vertically extending side edges, a horizontal connection of which defines a transverse direction and between which a center line of the backrest is centrally defined centrally,
- wherein the pivot axis is formed by a vertical axis and is arranged in a position, that is offset from the center line of the backrest in the transverse direction, and
- a seat surface of the first seat is releasable, by pivoting the backrest about the pivot axis, by a user of a second seat, for use of the seat surface of the first seat by the user of the second seat, and the second seat is positioned behind the first seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.