Non-intrusive and extendable armrest
AssigneeSafran Seats USA LLC
InventorsAnthony Tran, Romain Tranier, Amen Omoragbon, Nguyen Foek Le
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Abstract
Described are armrests for positioning between passenger seats having a base component with a divider extending upward from an upper surface of the base component and at least one adjustable component movably coupled to the base component. In a retracted position, the adjustable component and divider are arranged to form a non-intrusive barrier between passengers' arms. In an extended position, the divider is arranged to form the non-intrusive barrier between passengers' arms, while the adjustable component is arranged to extend a width of the armrest.
Claims20
An armrest for a passenger seat comprising:
- a base component comprising two sides and an upper surface;
- a divider extending upward from the upper surface of the base component;
- at least one adjustable component movably coupled to the base component, the at least one adjustable component comprising a curved retracted support surface and an extended support surface;
- wherein, in a retracted position, the at least one adjustable component is positioned so that the curved retracted support surface extends between an upper end of the divider and an edge of one of the two sides of the base component;
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- wherein, in an extended position, the at least one adjustable component is positioned so that the extended support surface is positioned adjacent one of the two sides of the base component.
An armrest positioned between two passenger seats, the armrest comprising:
- a base component comprising a divider extending upward from an upper surface of the base component;
- two adjustable components, each adjustable component movably coupled to the base component and configured to convert between a retracted position and an extended position, each adjustable component comprising a support surface;
- wherein, in the retracted position, two adjustable components and the divider are arranged to form a non-intrusive barrier between passengers' arms when passengers are seated in the two passenger seats and resting their arms on the armrest and the concave support surfaces extend to an upper end of the divider;
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- wherein, in the extended position, the divider is arranged to form the non-intrusive barrier between the passengers' arms when the passengers are seated in the two passenger seats and resting their arms on the armrest.
An armrest positioned between two passenger seats, the armrest comprising:
- a base component comprising two sides and an upper surface;
- a divider extending upwards from the upper surface and between the two sides;
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- two adjustable components, each adjustable component movably coupled to the base component and configured to convert between a retracted position and an extended position;
- wherein, in the retracted position, two adjustable components are arranged to form a non-intrusive barrier between arms of passengers when passengers are seated in the two passenger seats and resting their arms on the armrest and such that an extended support surface of each of the two adjustable components is positioned adjacent the divider;
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- wherein, in the extended position, the two adjustable components are positioned so that the extended support surface of each of the two adjustable components is positioned adjacent one of the two sides of the base component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.