Slider seat for aircraft

An aircraft seat assembly, comprising:

• a seat frame having a lower end configured for attachment to an aircraft floor;
• first and second outboard seats supported by said seat frame and each including identically sized seating surfaces and seat backs, wherein said seating surfaces of said first and second outboard seats are substantially disposed in a common first horizontal reference plane and said seat backs of said first and second outboard seats are substantially disposed in a common first vertical reference plane;
• a middle seat supported by said seat frame and disposed between said first and second outboard seats and having a middle seating surface and a middle seat back, wherein said middle seating surface is disposed beneath said first horizontal reference plane and said middle seat back is disposed behind said first vertical reference plane, wherein a width of said middle seating surface is between 1.05 and 1.5 times a width of the identically sized seating surfaces of said first and second outboard seats;
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• a slide member movably supported by said seat frame and configured to move laterally between a first position and a second position relative to said seat frame, wherein said first outboard seat is attached to said slide member and configured to move between said first and second positions.

An aircraft seat assembly including a set of three seats supported by a common seat frame, comprising:

• an inner seat fixedly attached to a seat frame, said inner seat having an inner seating surface and an inner seat back;
• a middle seat fixedly attached to said seat frame and having an inner edge disposed adjacent to an outer edge of said inner seat, said middle seat having a middle seat surface and a middle seat back;
• an outer seat having a outer seat surface and an outer seat back, wherein said inner and outer seat surfaces are disposed in a common first reference plane disposed vertically above a second reference plane defined by said middle seat surface and wherein said inner and outer seat backs are disposed in front of a third reference plane defined by said middle seat back;
• a slide frame movably supported by said seat frame and configured to move laterally between a first position and a second position relative to said seat frame, wherein said outer seat is attached to said slide member and is configured to move between said first and second positions, wherein:
• in said first position said outer seat is disposed adjacent to said middle seat;
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• in said second position a bottom surface of said outer seating surface is disposed over at least a portion of said middle seating surface and said outer seat back is disposed in front of at least a portion of said middle seat back.

A row of aircraft seats including first and second sets of seats separated by an aisle, comprising:

• a first set of at least two seats;
• a second set of at least two seats disposed across an aisle from said first set of seats, wherein said second set of at least two seats includes:
• a seat frame having a lower end configured for attachment to an aircraft floor;
• a first seat fixedly attached to an upper portion of said seat frame, said first seat having a first seating surface and a first seat back;
• a slide member movably supported by said seat frame and configured to move laterally between a first position and a second position relative to said seat frame;
• a second seat attached to said slide member, said second seat having a second seating surface and a second seat back, wherein said second seat back is disposed in front of at least a portion of said first seat back in said second position, and wherein:
• in said first position an inside edge of said second seat is disposed adjacent to an outside edge of said first seat and said aisle has a first width;
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• in said second position a bottom surface of said second seating surface is disposed over at least a portion of a top surface of said first seating surface and said aisle has a second width that is greater than said first width.