Opposing passenger-infant seat system
AssigneeDeutsche Airbus GmbH
InventorsHans-Jurgen Muller, Wilfried Sprenger
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Abstract
An opposing passenger-infant seat system for public transportation such as aircraft is disclosed, wherein an infant seat is near a passenger seat. The passenger seat is suitable for receiving an adult. The infant seat and the adult seat are arranged to be essentially facing each other. The infant seat is attached typically to an aircraft cabin partition by an adapter and is installed in a plane above the seat cushion of the adult seat. A space is provided between the infant seat and the adult seat which is smaller than the average length of a human arm.
Claims8
An opposing passenger-infant seat system for a transportation carrier having a partition means, said passenger-infant seat system comprising:
- an adult seat having a seating surface;
- a removable infant seat located opposite said adult seat above a plane of said seating surface of said adult seat and at a distance from said adult seat wherein said distance is less than an average length of a human arm;
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- an adapter for attaching said infant seat to the partition means of the carrier, wherein said adapter includes a substantially horizontally extending support and a backrest arranged perpendicularly to said support for receiving said infant seat, and a belt for securing said infant seat to said adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.