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US 7,419,214 B2Granted
Lounge seating arrangement
AssigneeBE Aerospace, Inc.
InventorTommy George Plant
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Abstract
A passenger seating arrangement includes a first seat unit, facing in a first direction; a first ottoman having a first support surface positioned to receive the feet of a passenger seated in the first seat unit; a second seat unit facing in a second direction generally opposite to the first direction; and a second ottoman disposed laterally adjacent to the first ottoman and having a second support surface positioned to receive the feet of a passenger seated in the second seat unit.
Claims18
A passenger seating arrangement comprising:
- a first seat unit configured in a substantially forward-facing direction;
- a first ottoman having a first support surface positioned to receive the feet of a passenger seated in the first seat unit;
- a second seat unit configured in a substantially aft-facing direction generally opposite to the substantially forward-facing direction of the first seat unit, the first seat unit and the second seat unit arranged in a column of single seats in a fore-and-aft direction along a longitudinal axis with the first and second seat units defining respective first and second central axes that are spaced-apart and each disposed at a non-parallel angle with respect to the longitudinal axis;
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- a second ottoman disposed proximate and laterally adjacent to the first ottoman and having a second support surface positioned to receive the feet of a passenger seated in the second seat unit such that the first and second ottomans are positioned in a side-by-side arrangement.
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A passenger seating arrangement for a vehicle, the seat arrangement comprising:
- a first seat unit configured in a generally forward-facing direction and having a first central axis;
- a first ottoman having a first support surface for receiving the feet of a passenger seated in the first seat unit;
- a second seat unit configured in a generally aft-facing direction substantially opposite to the forward-facing direction of the first seat unit and having a second central axis;
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- a second ottoman disposed proximate and laterally adjacent to the first ottoman and having a second support surface for receiving the feet of a passenger seated in the second seat unit;
- wherein the first seat unit and the second seat unit are arranged in a column of single seats in a fore-and-aft direction along a longitudinal axis that is not parallel to the first central axis or the second central axis;
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- wherein the first and second central axes are angled with respect to the longitudinal axis and the respective first and second ottomans are offset laterally in a side-by-side arrangement so that an overall width consumed by the first and second ottomans is about the same as a width of one of the first and second seat units.
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A lounge seating arrangement for an aircraft comprising:
- a first seat unit arranged in a first direction;
- a first ottoman having a first support surface positioned to receive the feet of a passenger seated in the first seat unit;
- a second seat unit arranged in a second direction about 180 degrees opposite to the first direction of the first seat unit;
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- a second ottoman disposed proximate and laterally adjacent to the first ottoman and having a second support surface positioned to receive the feet of a passenger seated in the second seat unit;
- wherein the first and second seat units are arranged in a column of single seats along a longitudinal axis that extends between respective centers of the first and second seat units;
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- wherein the first and second ottomans overlap one another in the direction of the longitudinal axis in a side-by-side arrangement and define an overall width that is about the same as a width defined by one of the first and second seat units.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.