US 2014/0197667 A1Published application

Comfortable seating arrangements with easy access

AssigneeIpVenture, Inc.

InventorsKwok Wai Cheung, Peter P. Tong, C. Douglass Thomas

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Abstract

A seating arrangement with improved seating comfort. In one embodiment, the seating arrangement is for a transportation vehicle. The arrangement includes seats at least having two levels adjacent to single-level seats. The multi-level seats include at least a bottom row of seats and a top row of seats. In one embodiment, the bottom row seats are on a floor; and there is an imaginary horizontal plane that is parallel to the floor, and that at least a part of the top row seats and at least a part of the bottom row seats intersect. The single-level seats include at least two rows, with at least one seat in each row being adjacent to the aisle, to allow passengers to access the single-level seats. In another embodiment, a seating arrangement includes only multi-level seats. In yet another embodiment, a computer-implemented method is applicable to the seats, such as allowing the display of a visual representation of a top-row seat and a bottom-row seat.

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Dependent claims

A seating arrangement of a transportation vehicle comprising:

lower level seats including a lower aisle seat and a lower interior seat, with the lower aisle seat being closer to an aisle than the lower interior seat;
and
upper level seats including an upper aisle seat and an upper interior seat, with the upper aisle seat being closer to the aisle than the upper interior seat,
wherein the aisle allows passengers to access both the upper and the lower level seats,
wherein the upper level seats are staggered with respect to the lower level seats,
wherein at least each of the upper level seats has a seat back configured to be reclined when the seat is in its resting position,
wherein the lower interior seat is configured to be slidable at least backwards, to create a space to allow a passenger in the lower interior seat to access the aisle from behind the lower aisle seat, even when the seats in the upper level are in their resting position, and
wherein there is a space in front of each upper level seat to allow passengers in the upper level seats to access the aisle so that a passenger in the upper interior seat can access the aisle without requiring any passenger in the upper aisle seat to stand up.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/211,828Filed 14 Mar 2014
Priority: 28 Feb 2005
Published: 17 Jul 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B60N 2/0292
The seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable: multiple configuration seats, e.g. for spacious vehicles or mini-buses
B64D 11/00
Passenger or crew accommodation
B60N 2/06
The whole seat being movable: slidable
B60N 2/22
The seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable: the back-rest being adjustable

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Application60/656,671Us provisional application · filed 28 Feb 2005
Application60/737,041Us provisional application · filed 15 Nov 2005
Application11/364,456Continuation · filed 28 Feb 2006
Application12/284,995Continuation · filed 27 Sep 2008
Application14/211,828Continuation
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