# US 5,344,212 A · Opposing passenger-infant seat system

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- Number: US 5,344,212 A
- Document ID: US5344212A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/926,796
- Filed: 1992-08-06
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1991-08-06
- Assignees: Deutsche Airbus GmbH
- Inventors: Hans-Jurgen Muller; Wilfried Sprenger
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5344212A

## CPC

- B60N 2/28: Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats {or other parts} of the vehicle
- B60N 2/2863: {backward facing}
- B64D 11/06: {Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats (crew seat constructions for emergency purposes B64D25/04)}
- B64D 11/0612: {specially adapted for children}
- B64D 11/062: {Belts or other passenger restraint means for passenger seats}
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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; and
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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The opposing passenger-infant seat system of claim 1, wherein the adapter is detachably fastened by at least two mountings to a partition.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The opposing passenger-infant seat system of claim 2, wherein one of said at least two mountings comprises:
a bore extending essentially in a vertical direction;
a latch received in said bore;
a tie rod; and
a basic element fixedly attached to the backrest, wherein said latch has a spacing from the adapter, essentially defined by said tie rod.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The opposing passenger-infant seat system of claim 3, wherein another of said at least two mountings comprises:
plates forming a U-profile;
a transverse web;
a retention web between the plates; ad
at least one safety lug extending through the plates and the retention web.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The opposing passenger-infant seat system of claim 4, further comprising a flexural element securing said safety lug against sliding in the installed state.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The opposing passenger-infant seat system of claim 5, further comprising a handling ring on an end of the safety lug in order to improve handling during positioning of said safety lug.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The opposing passenger-infant seat system of claim 6, wherein one of the adult seats is equipped with a safety belt having a three-point attachment.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The opposing passenger-infant seat system of claim 7, further comprising a table element in the infant seat in a lower region of said seat, wherein said table element is guided to be placeable in the support.