Multi-function seats

US6237994A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Weber Aircraft LLC · US

Inventors

• Paul Bentley · Gainesville, US
• James L. Bridgeman · Tecate Mission Road, US
• Cal Stringer · Santa Clarita, US
• Lyn Arnold · Whitesboro, US
• John McCollum · Charleston, US
• Keith H. Porter · Gainesville, US
• Terry Ward · Lake Kiowa, US
• Karl Baird · Camarillo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 1999
• Grant date: May 29, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/0643
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Multi-function, adjustable seats and methods and systems for their manufacture and utilization are disclosed. Such seats are especially, although not exclusively, designed for use in commercial aircraft in response to consumer requests for enhanced comfort during long-haul flights. In addition to providing rocking motion, the seats have bottoms whose lengths are adjustable and provide stowable tables adapted not only to permit vertical adjustment, but also to tilt out of a horizontal plane and latch in an as-tilted position to function as a rest for a book, magazine, computer, or other object. Digital control technology, including a touch screen or similar device, may be employed to actuate features of the disclosed seats.