Vehicle passenger seat assembly
AssigneeMHI RJ Aviation ULC
InventorMichel Rheaume
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Abstract
A vehicle passenger seat assembly for a passenger cabin of a vehicle includes: a pair of side frames; passenger seats disposed between the pair of side frames. Each of the passenger seats includes: a back portion configured to support a back of a passenger; and a bottom portion configured to support a hip of the passenger. The vehicle passenger seat assembly further includes: a first horizontal beam that connects the pair of side frames and is disposed at the same vertical height, from a floor of the passenger cabin, as a lower end of the back portion.
Claims15
A vehicle passenger seat assembly for a passenger cabin of a vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of side frames;
- passenger seats disposed between the pair of side frames, wherein each of the passenger seats comprises:
- a back portion configured to support a back of a passenger;
- and
- a bottom portion configured to support a hip of the passenger;
- and
- a first horizontal beam that connects the pair of side frames and is disposed at a same vertical height, from a floor of the passenger cabin, as a lower end of the back portion, wherein
- the bottom portion is integrally formed with a seat cover, and
- the seat cover is looped around the first horizontal beam and fixed such that the bottom portion is disposed at a vertical height that is at or below a highest point of the first horizontal beam.
A vehicle passenger seat assembly comprising:
- a structural frame that comprises:
- a pair of side frames;
- a frame of a back support of a passenger seat;
- a first horizontal beam that connects the pair of side frames at a lower end of the back support;
- a second horizontal beam that connects the pair of side frames at top forward corners of the pair of side frames;
- and
- a third horizontal beam that connects the pair of side frames at bottom forward corners of the pair of side frames;
- a first stretchable fabric that:
- extends across the frame of the back support;
- and
- supports a back of a seated passenger;
- a second stretchable fabric that:
- extends between the first horizontal beam and the second horizontal beam;
- and
- supports a hip of the seated passenger;
- a third stretchable fabric that extends between the second horizontal beam and the third horizontal beam;
- a first cushion on the first stretchable fabric;
- a second cushion on the second stretchable fabric;
- and
- a third cushion on the third stretchable fabric, wherein
- the second stretchable fabric is looped around the first horizontal beam and fixed such that the second cushion is disposed at a vertical height that is at or below a highest point of the first horizontal beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.