Seating for a vehicle
OwnerJames Thompsoninventor
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Abstract
A seating arrangement for a vehicle, especially an aircraft, in which seats are arranged in a plurality of generally parallel ranks (20, 22, 24), each rank extending in a fore-and-aft direction, and in a plurality of rows, each row extending at an angle other than a right angle with respect to said fore-and-aft direction and wherein adjacent seats (30) in a row overlap in a transverse direction in the preferred embodiment, the seats of a row also overlap in said fore-and-aft direction and include a truncated armrest (34) at one side of the seat arranged to fit behind an adjacent seat. The seats further include an armrest (32) at the other side of the seat, the armrest comprising a bar which extends from the rear of the seat so that a portion of one seat is located beneath the armrest provided at said other side of an adjacent seat.
Claims18
A seating arrangement for a vehicle, the seating arrangement comprising seats arranged in a plurality of generally parallel ranks, each rank extending in a first direction, and in a plurality of rows, each row extending at an angle other than a right angle with respect to said first direction, at least some of said seats have a first armrest located at a first side of said seat and a second armrest located at a second opposite side of said seat, and wherein adjacent seats in a row overlap in a second direction, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to said first direction, to an extent that at least one of said armrests of a first seat overlaps with and projects beyond a respective one of said armrests of an adjacent seat in said second direction.
A passenger conveyance comprising a seating arrangement comprising seats arranged in a plurality of generally parallel ranks, each rank extending in a first direction, and in a plurality of rows, each row extending at an angle other than a right angle with respect to said first direction, at least some of said seats have a first armrest located at a first side of said seat and a second armrest located at a second opposite side of said seat, and wherein adiacent seats in a row overlap in a second direction, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to said first direction, to an extent that at least one of said armrests of a first seat overlaps with and proiects beyond a respective one of said armrests of an adiacent seat in said second direction.
A seating arrangement for a vehicle, the seating arrangement comprising seats arranged in a plurality of generally parallel ranks, each rank extending in a first direction, and in a plurality of rows, each row extending at an angle other than a right angle with respect to said first direction, wherein adjacent seats in a row overlap in a second direction, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to said first direction, wherein the ranks are arranged in groups and at least some of the groups that are adjacent in said first direction are arranged such that their respective rows are disposed at supplementary angles with respect to said first direction thereby defining a substantially triangular space between said at least some adjacent groups, and wherein a walled compartment is provided in a space defined between said adjacent groups, said compartment being substantially triangular in shape and comprising a toilet located substantially at an apex of the compartment.
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