Variable-Length Rail Cover For A Seat Rail

A seat arrangement for a passenger cabin of a means of transport, the seat arrangement comprising:

• a seat rail;
• a first seat and a second seat adjacent to the first seat in the longitudinal direction of the seat rail;
• and
• a rail cover;
• wherein the rail cover is arranged in such a way that a cavity of the seat rail in the longitudinal direction of the seat rail is covered between the first seat and the second seat;
• and
• wherein the rail cover comprises:
• a plurality of longitudinal section parts;
• wherein each longitudinal section part comprises a first partial longitudinal section and a second partial longitudinal section, the first and second longitudinal sections abutting one another in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal section part;
• wherein a first longitudinal section part is movable in the longitudinal direction of the rail cover with respect to a second longitudinal section part abutting the first longitudinal section part in the longitudinal direction of the rail cover;
• wherein in a non-expanded state of the rail cover, the first partial longitudinal section of the second longitudinal section part overlaps the second partial longitudinal section of the first longitudinal section part in the longitudinal direction of the rail cover.

An aircraft with a seat arrangement, the seat arrangement comprising:

• a seat rail;
• a first seat and a second seat adjacent to the first seat in the longitudinal direction of the seat rail;
• and
• a rail cover;
• wherein the rail cover is arranged in such a way that a cavity of the seat rail in the longitudinal direction of the seat rail is covered between the first seat and the second seat;
• and
• wherein the rail cover comprises:
• a plurality of longitudinal section parts;
• wherein each longitudinal section part comprises a first partial longitudinal section and a second partial longitudinal section, the first and second longitudinal sections abutting one another in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal section part;
• wherein a first longitudinal section part is movable in the longitudinal direction of the rail cover with respect to a second longitudinal section part abutting the first longitudinal section part in the longitudinal direction of the rail cover;
• wherein in a non-expanded state of the rail cover, the first partial longitudinal section of the second longitudinal section part overlaps the second partial longitudinal section of the first longitudinal section part in the longitudinal direction of the rail cover.