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Passenger seat privacy panel assembly

US11623749B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Safran Seats USA LLC · US

Inventors

Joe H. Gaston · Atlanta, US
Jeremy Green · Westminster, US
Paul Bentley · Gainesville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 29, 2018
Grant date	Apr 11, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D11/0606
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A privacy panel assembly for a passenger seat includes a vertically extending panel attached to a lateral surface of the passenger seat such that the vertically extending panel includes a forward edge and an aft edge and at least one sliding mechanism attached to an interior surface of the vertically extending panel. The vertically extending panel includes a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the stowed configuration, the aft edge of the vertically extending panel is disposed on an aft side of a rear surface of a seatback of the passenger seat. In the deployed configuration, the aft edge of the vertically extending panel is approximately aligned with a seating surface of the seatback on a forward side of the passenger seat.

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