Seat assembly
AssigneeMirus Aircraft Seating Ltd.
InventorAdam Challenor
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Abstract
A seat assembly comprising a support frame, a seat back assembly, an upper seat back fixing and a lower seat back fixing, the upper seat back fixing and the lower seat back fixing configured to connect the seat back assembly to the support frame, wherein: the upper seat back fixing comprises a rotatable connection between the seat back assembly and the support frame; and the lower seat back fixing comprises a friction assembly configured to hold the seat back assembly in position relative to the support frame in normal use and configured to allow the seat back assembly to move relative to the support frame in response to greater than a predetermined force being applied to the seat back assembly.
Claims18
A seat assembly comprising a support frame, a seat back assembly, an upper seat back fixing and a lower seat back fixing, the upper seat back fixing and the lower seat back fixing configured to connect the seat back assembly to the support frame, wherein:
- the upper seat back fixing comprises a rotatable connection between the seat back assembly and the support frame;
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- the lower seat back fixing comprises:
- a friction assembly attached to the seat back assembly or the support frame configured to hold the seat back assembly in position relative to the support frame in normal use and configured to allow the seat back assembly above the upper seat back fixing to move forwards relative to the support frame in response to greater than a predetermined force being applied to the seat back assembly;
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- a link attached at one end to the seat back assembly and at the other end to the support frame, wherein the friction assembly applies a clamping force to the link which is set so that the link will slide out of the friction assembly when a force greater than a predetermined force is applied to the seat back assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.