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Articulating passenger seat

US8272694B2 · kind B2 · utility

17Cited by

31References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

Nathaniel E. Hawkins · Chatham, US
Dennis Hedrick · Colfax, US
Jeremy Green · Westminster, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 12, 2009
Grant date	Sep 25, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 5, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D11/06
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A passenger seat, having a seat back, and a seat bottom, including a seat pan, supported by a frame mounted on laterally spaced-apart legs for being mounted to the deck of the aircraft by track fittings. A seat back frame assembly and a seat bottom assembly are joined for articulating movement such that when the seat back is reclined, the seat pan is shifted forward and the forward end of the seat pan and thus the seat bottom is raised in order to maintain an appropriate passenger seating angle.

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