Aircraft Passenger Seat Fixing Systems and Arrangements
AssigneeBritish Airways PLC
InventorsPeter COOKE, Paul GRADER
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Abstract
An aircraft passenger seating system comprises an array of floor panels (4) fixed within an aircraft cabin deck section (1), the floor panels (4) providing an array of discrete fixing means for removable attachment of a plurality of passenger seating units. The seating units may be of mutually different configurations each having a common footprint, such that the different configurations are interchangeable without having to re-arrange other seating units. The common footprint may be provided by a common size and shape of floor panel (4) or the floor panels (4) may provide a regular array of discrete fixing means such that the configurations may be positioned regardless of the position of the floor panels (4).
Claims19
A fixing system for aircraft passenger seating units and/or monuments, the system comprising an array of floor panels fixed within an aircraft cabin deck section, the floor panels providing a plurality of discrete fixing means comprising a regular grid of fixing apertures regularly spaced across the array of floor panels, the fixing means being arranged for removable attachment of passenger seating units and/or monuments thereto.
A floor panel for an aircraft cabin deck section, the floor panel providing a plurality of discrete fixing means for removable attachment of passenger seating units and/or monuments thereto, the fixing means comprising a regular grid of fixing apertures arranged so that, when an array of said floor panels is fixed within the aircraft cabin deck section, the fixing apertures are regularly spaced across the array of floor panels.
An aircraft passenger seating system comprising an array of floor panels fixed within an aircraft cabin deck section, the floor panels providing a plurality of discrete fixing means comprising a regular grid of fixing apertures regularly spaced across the array of floor panels, the fixing means having a plurality of passenger seating units removably attached thereto in one or more seating configurations.
An aircraft passenger seating system comprising an array of floor panels fixed within an aircraft cabin deck section and a plurality of passenger seating units removably attached thereto, wherein the passenger seating units are arranged in a plurality of different seating configurations sharing one or more substantially identical seating components therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.