Patent · US Expired

Passenger seating with variable length seat bottom

US7341309B2 · kind B2 · utility

30Cited by

30References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

James Randy Penley · Lewisville, US
Lars Kroeplin · Frankfurt, DE
Joachim Voigt · Weil am Rhein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 15, 2004
Grant date	Mar 11, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 17, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R22/26
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat bottom assembly for a passenger seat, includes a flexible component; and a structural support member underlying the flexible component. The support member is selectively moveable between a first, forward position in which the seat bottom has a nominal length in a longitudinal direction, and a second, rearward position in which a portion of the flexible component bends downward over the structural component such that at least a portion of the seat bottom assembly has an effective length less than the nominal length. The left and right sides of the seat bottom assembly may be independently varied in length.

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