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Passenger seating with variable length seat bottom

US7506930B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31References

13Claims

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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	Nov 16, 2007
Grant date	Mar 24, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2027

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 support panel having a left portion and a separate right portion, and a structural support member underlying the support panel. The structural support member is selectively moveable between a first, forward position in which the seat bottom assembly has a nominal length in a longitudinal direction, and a second, rearward position in which a forward portion of the support panel folds downward over the structural support member such that at least a portion of the seat bottom assembly has an effective length less than the nominal length. The effective length of the left portion and the right portion of the seat bottom assembly can be independently varied.

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