Passenger seating arrangements

US8936214B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Zodiac Seats France · FR

Inventors

• Benjamin Foucher · Tours, FR
• Philippe Roy · Buckingham, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 20, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 18, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/0696
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Passenger seating arrangements are detailed. At least some arrangements permit each passenger to access an aisle of a vessel without contacting an adjacent passenger. Movable footwells may be utilized to floor-level access when retracted and function as steps when extended as a seat is converted to a bed. This structure authorizes decrease in seat pitch without decrease of bed length, permitting additional seating to be included in a cabin of a vessel without diminishment of passenger comfort.