Aircraft passenger seating arrangement
AssigneeAcumen Design Associates Ltd.
InventorsIan Hamilton Dryburgh, John David Henry McKeever, Ali Ersan
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Abstract
A passenger seating arrangement in an aircraft cabin, comprising a plurality of pairs of seat units, the pairs of seat units being located directly behind one another, and each seat unit having a longitudinal axis. Each pair of seat units comprises an aisle-seat unit and a non-aisle-seat unit. The longitudinal axes of the non-aisle-seat units are arranged in-line with one another, and the longitudinal axis of the aisle-seat unit of each pair of seat units is angled so as to provide a passenger access path linking the non-aisle-seat unit of a pair, with the aisle.
Claims18
A passenger seating arrangement in an aircraft cabin, the seating arrangement comprising a multiplicity of substantially identical pairs of seat units, the pairs of seat units being located directly behind one another,
- each seat unit having a longitudinal axis, and each pair of seat units comprising an aisle-seat unit bordering an aisle to one side, and a non-aisle-seat unit positioned to the other side of the aisle-seat unit,
- each seat unit being configurable between a seating configuration and a flat-bed configuration, and
- the longitudinal axes of the non-aisle-seat units being arranged in-line with one another and being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin,
- all the aisle-seat units facing in the same, first, direction, and
- all the non-aisle seat units facing in the same, second, direction,
- wherein and the longitudinal axis of the aisle-seat unit of each pair of seat units is angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the non-aisle-seat unit, so as to provide a passenger access path, at least part of the passenger access path being angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the non-aisle-seat units and linking the non-aisle-seat unit of a pair, with the aisle.
A seating assembly for use in an aircraft cabin, the seating assembly comprising a pair of seat units,
- each seat unit having a longitudinal axis, and the pair of seat units comprising a first seat unit for bordering an aisle to one side, and a second seat unit positioned to the other side of the first seat unit,
- each seat unit being configurable between a seating configuration and a flat-bed configuration, and
- wherein the second seat unit is adapted to be installed in the cabin such that the longitudinal axis of the second seat unit is in-line with the longitudinal axis of a second seat unit of a corresponding seat assembly in an row directly behind the seat assembly, and is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin
- and the longitudinal axis of the first seat unit is angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the second seat unit,
- such that when the seating assembly is located in an aircraft cabin with corresponding, identical, seating assemblies in the rows directly behind and in front of the seat assembly, and the second seat units in each of those assemblies have their longitudinal axes in-line with one another such that all the first seat units facing in the same, first, direction, and all the second units facing in the same, second direction,
- a passenger access path is provided, the passenger access path passing between the first seat unit of the seat assembly and the first seat unit of the seat assembly in the row either in front or behind, at least part of that passenger access path being angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the second seat unit, for linking the second seat unit with the aisle.
A passenger seating arrangement in an aircraft cabin, the seating arrangement comprising a multiplicity of substantially identical pairs of seat units, the pairs of seat units being located directly behind one another,
- each seat unit having a longitudinal axis, and each pair of seat units comprising a first seat unit and a second seat unit positioned to one side of the first seat unit, and
- all the first seat units facing in the same, first, direction, and
- all the second seat units facing in the same, second, direction, and
- wherein the longitudinal axis of the second seat unit is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the cabin and the longitudinal axis of the first seat unit is angled relative to the second seat unit.
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