Seating for a vehicle
AssigneeJ. Thompson Solutions Limited
InventorJames Thompson
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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, 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 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 at one side of the seat arranged to fit behind an adjacent seat. The seats further include an armrest 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.
Claims23
A seating arrangement for a vehicle, the seating arrangement comprising seats arranged in a row, said seats having at least one armrest, wherein adjacent seats in said row are staggered in a first direction and overlap in a second direction, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to said first direction, to an extent that at least one of said at least one armrests of a first seat overlaps with and projects beyond a respective one of said armrests of a respective adjacent seat in said second direction.
A passenger conveyance comprising a seating arrangement comprising seats arranged in a row, said seats having at least one armrest, wherein adjacent seats in said row are staggered in a first direction and overlap in a second direction, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to said first direction, to an extent that at least one of said at least one armrests of a first seat overlaps with and projects beyond a respective one of said at least one armrests of an adjacent seat in said second direction.
A seating arrangement for a vehicle, the seating arrangement comprising seats arranged in a row, said seats having a seat pan and at least one armrest, wherein adjacent seats in said row are staggered in a first direction, and overlap in a second direction, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to said first direction, wherein at least one of said at least one armrests of a first seat overlaps in said second direction with the seat pan of a respective adjacent seat.
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