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US 7,111,904 B2Granted
Vehicle seating supporting a perch position
AssigneeBE Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsMark Brian Dowty, Elinor Jane Fulton Suri, James R. Yurchenco
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Abstract
A passenger seat for a vehicle includes a seat back; and a seat bottom. The seat bottom is selectively moveable between a first, generally flat position for supporting a passenger in an upright seating position with the passenger's hips located at a first height above the floor, and a second, raised position for supporting a passenger in a semi-standing position wherein the passenger's hips are positioned at a second height above the floor substantially greater than the first height.
Claims4
A passenger seat for a vehicle comprising:
- a frame for being attached to a floor of said vehicle;
- a fixed backshell attached to said frame;
- a moveable seat back carried by said backshell;
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- a seat bottom attached to said backshell, said seat bottom including a rear edge disposed in a fixed relationship to a primary seating surface thereof, and being selectively moveable between a first, generally flat position for supporting a passenger in an upright seating position with said passenger's hips located at a first height above said floor, and a second, raised position in which said rear edge is disposed for supporting a passenger thereupon in a semi-standing position wherein said passenger's hips are positioned at a second height above said floor substantially greater than said first height;
- wherein said seat back is carried by said backshell so as to remain at a substantially constant height above said floor when said seat bottom is in said first and second positions.
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