Passenger seat with support structure including offset struts
AssigneeBombardier Inc.
InventorsChristopher CARRICK, Neil TRIVERS, Il Yong KIM
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Abstract
A passenger seat for an aircraft, including a bottom support configured to be connected to a floor of the aircraft, a seat pan frame, and a support structure interconnecting the seat pan frame to the bottom support, the support structure including a front support member pivotally connected to a front end of the seat pan frame, the front support member including a respective strut on each side of the seat pan frame, each respective stmt having a bottom end rigidly connected to the bottom support and an opposed top end located under the seat pan frame, the bottom end being inwardly, downwardly and rearwardly offset with respect to the top end.
Claims20
A passenger seat for an aircraft, the seat comprising:
- a bottom support configured to be connected to a floor of the aircraft;
- a seat pan frame;
- and
- a support structure interconnecting the seat pan frame to the bottom support, the support structure including a front support member pivotally connected to a front end of the seat pan frame, the front support member including a respective strut on each side of the seat pan frame, each respective strut having a bottom end rigidly connected to the bottom support and an opposed top end located under the seat pan frame, the bottom end being inwardly, downwardly and rearwardly offset with respect to the top end.
A passenger seat for an aircraft, the seat comprising:
- a fixed portion configured to be connected to a floor of the aircraft, the fixed portion defining a footprint of the seat on a surface of the floor;
- a movable connection assembly engaged to the fixed portion and movable with respect thereto;
- a seat pan frame;
- and
- a support structure interconnecting the seat pan frame to the movable connection assembly, the support structure including a front support member pivotally connected to a front end of the seat pan frame, the front support member including a respective strut on each side of the seat pan frame, each respective strut having a bottom end connected to the movable connection assembly and an opposed top end located under the seat pan frame, the bottom end being inwardly, downwardly and rearwardly offset with respect to the top end.
A method of supporting a seat pan frame of a passenger seat above a floor of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- connecting a bottom support of the seat to the floor;
- and
- connecting the seat pan frame to the bottom support with a support structure including pivotally connecting a front end of the seat pan frame with a front support member of the support structure, the front support member including struts rigidly connected to the bottom support and each strut extending simultaneously upwardly, outwardly and frontwardly from the bottom support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.