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US 2017/0320581 A1Published application
Deployable seat assembly, system, and method for an interior cabin of a vehicle
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorDarren Carl McIntosh
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an interior cabin including a floor and a ceiling. A deployable seat assembly is moveably coupled to the ceiling. The deployable seat assembly is moveable between a stowed position in which at least a portion of the deployable seat assembly is stowed within a stowage space within the ceiling, and a deployed position in which the deployable seat assembly extends between the ceiling and the floor.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- an interior cabin including a floor and a ceiling;
- and
- a deployable seat assembly moveably coupled to the ceiling, wherein the deployable seat assembly is moveable between a stowed position in which at least a portion of the deployable seat assembly is stowed within a stowage space within the ceiling, and a deployed position in which the deployable seat assembly extends between the ceiling and the floor.
A method of providing an attendant seat within an interior cabin of a vehicle, wherein the interior cabin includes a floor and a ceiling, the method comprising:
- moveably coupling a deployable seat assembly to the ceiling of the interior cabin of the vehicle;
- securing a portion of the deployable seat assembly in a stowed position within a stowage chamber formed within the ceiling;
- and
- moving the deployable seat assembly into a deployed position in which the deployable seat assembly extends between the ceiling and the floor.
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