Aircraft sleeper seat

US6692069B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Michael T. Beroth · Lewisville, US
• Gregory Hall · Winston-Salem, US
• Ross Laming · High Point, US
• Bobby Lawson · Walnut Cove, US
• Stacy McAnulty · Kernersville, US
• Tracy N. Pence · King, US
• Tommy George Plant · Advance, US
• Al Wenzler · Winston-Salem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 19, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 17, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/0644
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A reclining passenger seat, including a seat frame for being attached to a supporting deck, a seat bottom carried by the seat frame, and a seat back carried by the seat frame and moveable with the seat bottom from and between the upright and sleep positions. A legrest assembly is mounted adjacent a forward end of the seat bottom for being selectively extended generally downwardly and outwardly from the seat bottom for supporting the legs of the passenger. An armrest assembly is carried by the seat frame and includes an armrest moveable between a horizontal position with an upper support surface supporting a forearm of the seat occupant in the upright seat position and a forwardly-inclined, lowered position wherein the upper support surface is aligned with an upper surface of the seat bottom for providing a wider sleeping surface for the seat occupant when the seat is in the fully-reclined sleep position.