Vehicle seating adapted for sleeping posture

US7055904B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Trevor Skelly · Winston-Salem, US
• Mark B. Dowty · Rural Hall, US
• James Randy Penley · Lewisville, US
• Kurt R. Heidmann · Grand Rapids, US
• James R. Yurchenco · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2006
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A passenger seat for a vehicle includes a seat back; and a seat bottom, which may be mounted to a fixed backshell. The seat bottom is selectively configurable such that at least a portion of one side thereof is higher than at least a portion of the opposite side thereof, relative to a floor of said vehicle, so as to support a passenger who is seated on said seat bottom in a rotated position wherein one of said passenger's hips is higher than the other hip relative to said floor.