Aircraft seating with direct aisle access
AssigneeACLA Studio LLC
InventorsAndrew Greenbaum, Victor Carlioz, Matthew Cleary
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Abstract
A seating assembly provides direct aisle access for each seat in a row by employing a seat angling with respect to a cabin centerline. The seat angling opens up an area behind each seat back. Seat density may be increased by staggering the seats such that the opened area behind a forward row may be used to provide an armrest for a passenger in a next row. Seat density may be even further increased by overlapping the assemblies (as seen facing the seat) such that: the armrest for the forward row seat overlaps the legroom of the next row seat.
Claims23
A first seat comprising:
- a support structure;
- a seat pan connected to the support structure;
- a seat back connected to the support structure;
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- a platform connected to the support structure and extending away from the seat back, wherein the platform includes a first armrest configured for use from a second seat in a next row when the first seat is installed in a cabin.
A pair of seats comprising:
- a first seat including:
- a support structure;
- a seat pan connected to the support structure;
- a seat back connected to the support structure;
- a platform connected to the support structure and extending away from the seat back and including a first armrest;
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- a second seat identical to the first seat, wherein, when the first seat is installed in a cabin and the second seat is installed in a next row, the first armrest is usable from the second seat.
A row of seats comprising:
- four seats, each seat including:
- a support structure;
- a seat pan connected to the support structure;
- a seat back connected to the support structure;
- and
- a platform connected to the support structure and extending away from the seat back and including a first armrest, wherein, when the row of seats is installed in a cabin and a second row of seats identical to the first row of seats is installed in the cabin parallel to the first row of seats, each first armrest is usable from a different seat in the second row.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.