Passenger seating utilizing common pivot point for backrest recline and table deployment

A passenger seat for an aircraft cabin, comprising:

• two seat spreaders disposed in a spaced apart relationship;
• two legs disposed in a spaced apart relationship and configured for mounting to an aircraft cabin floor;
• at least one lower crossmember connecting the seat spreaders and the legs, the at least one lower crossmember extending in a lateral direction;
• a seatpan pivotably connected to a backrest at a common pivot point, the seatpan and the backrest disposed between the two seat spreaders and collectively configured to support a passenger,
• wherein the passenger seat is configured to transition between a default configuration and a reclined configuration by articulating the seatpan and the backrest in at least a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the lateral direction;
• an upper crossmember disposed behind the backrest and connecting the seat spreaders, the upper crossmember extending in the lateral direction;
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• a meal table pivotably coupled to the at least one upper crossmember and releasably coupled to the backrest,
• the meal table configured to pivotably transition between a stowed configuration wherein the meal table is incorporated into the backrest and a deployed configuration wherein the meal table is substantially coplanar with the aircraft cabin floor independently of the transition of the passenger seat between the default and reclined configurations.

A passenger seating assembly for an aircraft cabin, comprising:

• a plurality of seat spreaders disposed in a spaced apart relationship;
• at least two legs disposed in a spaced apart relationship and configured for mounting to a floor of the aircraft cabin;
• at least one lower crossmember connecting the plurality of seat spreaders and the at least two legs, the at least one lower crossmember extending in a lateral direction;
• a plurality of passenger seats, each passenger seat disposed between two adjacent seat spreaders of the plurality of seat spreaders,
• each passenger seat comprising a backrest and a seatpan pivotably connected at a common pivot point,
• each passenger seat configured to transition between a default configuration and a reclined configuration by articulating the seatpan and the backrest in at least a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the lateral direction;
• at least one upper crossmember disposed behind the plurality of passenger seats and extending in the lateral direction;
• a plurality of spinal supports connected at a lower end by the at least one lower crossmember, each spinal support centrally oriented relative to an associated passenger seat of the plurality of passenger seats, each spinal support extending beneath the seatpan and behind the backrest of the associated passenger seat;
• wherein each passenger seat includes a meal table, each meal table pivotably coupled to the spinal support of the associated passenger seat and releasably coupled to the backrest of the associated passenger seat,
• each meal table configured to pivotably transition between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration wherein the meal table is substantially coplanar with the floor independently of the transition of the passenger seat between the default and reclined configurations.