US 5,954,401 AGranted

Reclining seat and ottoman system for aircraft including amenity cabinet

AssigneeAircraft Modular Products, Inc.

InventorsRoger Koch, Michael L. Oleson

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Abstract

A system including a chair assembly and an ottoman assembly used to seat or otherwise support an individual wherein the subject system is particularly adapted for use on either commercial or multi-passenger private aircraft and is specifically structured to enhance the overall comfort and privacy of a passenger when utilizing the system as well as maximize the use of passenger space by providing access to certain amenities thereby defining an effective and comfortable environment for the passenger. Portions of the ottoman and chair assemblies are specifically structured for positioning toward and away from one another into a completely reclined or horizontal support position so as to allow the passenger or occupant to assume such a position, as when resting or sleeping. A privacy shroud structure is also included with the subject assemblies and is selectively positionable so as to greatly enhance the privacy of an occupant of the system and restrict any disturbing light from entering the subject privacy shroud.

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Dependent claims

A system for selectively supporting a person in both an upright, seated position and a substantially horizontally reclined position within an aircraft, said system comprising:

a) a chair assembly including a seat and a backrest movably attached to one another,
b) said backrest selectively positionable between an upright, substantially transverse relation to said seat and a reclining, substantially horizontally aligned relation thereto,
c) an ottoman assembly including a support portion disposed in spaced, communicating relation to a front of said seat,
d) said ottoman assembly and said chair assembly independently movable toward and away from one another, said ottoman assembly and said seat disposable into adjacent relation to one another to at least partially define a substantially horizontal support position,
e) a shroud assembly having an attachment portion secured in a fixed position relative to said chair assembly and a shield portion movably connected to said attachment portion and positionable relative thereto into and out of a shielding position relative to said backrest when in said horizontal support position,
f) said shielding position defined by said shield portion being disposed in a raised, outwardly extending relation to said attachment portion and in at least partially surrounding relation to said backrest when in said horizontal support position,
g) said shield portion comprising two spaced apart side walls disposed adjacent opposite sides of said chair assembly, an end wall disposed in interconnecting relation to said side walls adjacent common ends thereof and an open end disposed opposite to said end wall, said open end disposed and dimensioned to allow extension of said chair assembly therethrough,
h) said shroud assembly further comprising an at least partially open top dimensioned and disposed to allow extension of said backrest therethrough when said backrest is in an upright position, and
i) a cover assembly positionable in at least partially closed relation to said open top and in substantially overlying, covering relation to said backrest when in said horizontal support position, whereby a person resting on said chair assembly when in said horizontal support position will be at least partially enclosed by said shroud assembly.

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A system for selectively supporting a person in both an upright, seated position and a substantially horizontally reclined position within an aircraft, said system comprising:

a) a chair assembly including a seat and a backrest movably attached to one another,
b) said backrest selectively positionable between an upright, substantially transverse relation to said seat and a reclining substantially horizontally aligned relation thereto,
c) an ottoman assembly including a support portion disposed in spaced communicating relation to a front of said seat,
d) said ottoman assembly and said chair assembly independently movable toward and away from one another, said ottoman assembly and said seat disposable into adjacent relation to one another to at least partially define a substantially horizontal support position,
e) said chair assembly and said ottoman assembly including an anchor structure and a base structure respectively,
f) said anchor structure being movably attached to an undercarriage of said chair assembly in movable support of said seat and backrest and said base structure being movably attached to an undercarriage of said ottoman assembly in movable support of said support portion, and
g) said anchor structure and said base structure each comprising a gripping assembly structured and disposed to be movably secured to said undercarriage of said chair assembly and said ottoman assembly, respectively.

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