Aircraft seat assembly
AssigneeAirbus UK Limited
InventorLuis Linero
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Abstract
An aircraft seat assembly comprises a continuous row of a plurality of seats including a convertible aisle seat at one end of the row and one or more other seats. The seats are moveable between (i) a first configuration in which all of the seats are positioned in a useable position and a second configuration in which (a) the convertible seat is positioned in an unusable position in the row, (b) said one or more other seats are positioned in a useable position, and (c) the row of seats has a length, along the row, that is less than the length of the row in the first configuration for example by a distance of more than half the width of the convertible seat in the first configuration. The width of said one or more other seats may remain unchanged as between the first and second configurations.
Claims12
An aircraft seat assembly comprising a continuous row of a plurality of seats including a foldable seat at one end of the row and one or more other seats, the seats being moveable between
- (i) a first configuration in which all of the seats are positioned in a useable position and
- (ii) a second configuration in which (a) the foldable seat is folded into a collapsed position in the row so that the foldable seat is unusable, (b) said one or more other seats are positioned in a useable position, and (c) the row of seats has a length, along the row, that is less than the length of the row in the first configuration by a distance more than half the width of the foldable seat in the first configuration,
- the width of said one or more other seats remaining unchanged as between the first and second configurations.
An aircraft fuselage in which there is installed an aircraft seat assembly comprising two adjacent continuous rows of a plurality of seats, there being defined an aisle-space between the two rows, wherein
- each row of seats includes a foldable seat at the end of the row next to the aisle-space and one or more other seats, the seats being moveable between
- (i) a first configuration in which all of the seats are positioned in a useable position and
- (ii) a second configuration in which each foldable seat is folded into a collapsed position in the row so that the foldable seat is unusable, and said one or more other seats are positioned in a useable position,
- the width of the aisle-space in the second configuration is greater than the width of the aisle-space in the first configuration, and
- the width of said one or more other seats remaining unchanged as between the first and second configurations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.