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AssigneeBritish Airways PLC
InventorsMartin Darbyshire, Matthew Round, Asa Dancy Herring, III, Dennis Isaac Waldrip, Marc Schatell, Alen Wyss, Gregory Hall, Walter Sutcavage, John Lovingood, Dan Alford
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An aircraft passenger seat having a primary seat (1) having a seat back (3) and a seat pan (4), and a secondary support surface (5) located or locatable opposite the primary seat (1), the passenger seat being able to adopt each of an upright configuration, a reclined configuration and a substantially flat configuration, such that in the reclined configuration, the primary seat (1) is reclined relative to the upright configuration and the secondary support surface (5) is angled upwardly towards the primary seat (1) to support the lower leg(s) of a passenger seated in the primary seat (1); and in the substantially flat configuration, the secondary support surface (5) is substantially horizontal and the seat back (3), the seat pan (4), and the secondary support surface (5) form a substantially flat and continuous surface where the secondary support surface (5) is rotatable about an axis between the reclined and substantially flat configurations, the axis being translated between the reclined and substantially flat configurations.
An aircraft passenger seat comprising a seat back, a seat pan and a frame, the seat being positionable in each of an upright configuration, a reclined configuration in which the sear back is reclined relative to the upright configuration and a substantially flat configuration in which the seat back and the seat pan form a substantially flat and continuous surface, wherein the seat back is guided so as to recline as the seat back moves forward relative to the frame, the seat back being connected to the seat pan by:
An aircraft passenger seat comprising a seat back, a seat pan and a frame, the seat being positionable in each of an upright configuration, a reclined configuration in which the seat back is reclined relative to the upright configuration and a substantially flat configuration in which the seat back and the seat pan form a substantially flat and continuous surface, wherein the seat back is guided so as to recline as the seat back moves forward relative to the frame, the seat back being connected to the seat pan by:
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