Vehicle passenger seat
OwnerEdward J. Brennaninventor
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Abstract
A passenger seat including a seat base for being mounted on a support surface. A seat frame is carried by the seat base, and includes a seat bottom frame member and a seat back frame member is positioned in a fixed angular relation to each other and the seat base. A seat bottom pan is positioned on the seat bottom frame member. A seat back pan is positioned on the seat back frame member. Guide means cooperate with the bottom pan and bottom frame members and the back pan and back frame members, respectively, for unison translational movement of the back pan and the bottom pan between an upright position when the bottom pan is in the aft position and a recline position when the bottom pan is in the forward position.
Claims19
A passenger seat, comprising:
- (a) a seat base for being mounted on a support surface;
- (b) a seat frame carried by the seat base, said seat frame including a seat bottom frame member and a seat back frame member positioned in a fixed angular relation to each other and the seat base;
- (c) a seat bottom pan positioned on the seat bottom frame member;
- (d) a seat back pan positioned on the seat back frame member;
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- (e) guide means cooperating with the seat bottom pan and the seat bottom frame member and the seat back pan and seat back frame member, respectively, for unison translational movement of the seat back pan and the seat bottom pan between an upright position when the seat bottom pan is in an aft position and a recline position when the seat bottom pan is in a forward position, the angular relation between the seat back pan and the seat bottom pan causing axial rotation of a passenger seated in the seat between an upright and recline position within the seat frame without movement of the seat back frame.
A passenger seat, comprising:
- (a) a seat base for being mounted on a support surface;
- (b) a seat frame carried by the seat base, said seat frame including a seat bottom frame member and a seat back frame member positioned in a fixed angular relation to each other and the seat base;
- (c) a seat bottom pan positioned on the seat bottom frame member;
- (d) a seat back pan positioned on the seat back frame member;
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- (e) guide means cooperating with the seat bottom pan and the seat bottom frame member and the seat back pan and seat back frame member, respectively, for translational movement of the seat bottom pan and the seat back pan between an aft position and a forward position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.