Aircraft passenger seat

US9469404B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• British Airways Plc · GB

Inventors

• Martin Darbyshire · London, GB
• Matthew J. Round · London, GB
• Asa Dancy Herring, III · Phoenix, US
• Dennis Isaac Waldrip · Winston-Salem, US
• Marc Schatell · Winston-Salem, US
• Alen Wyss · Winston-Salem, US
• Gregory Hall · Winston-Salem, US
• Walter Sutcavage · Winston-Salem, US
• John Lovingood · Winston-Salem, US
• Dan Alford · Winston-Salem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2016
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/0646
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft passenger seat comprises a primary seat (1) having a seat back (3) and a seat pan (4), and a secondary support surface (5) located or locatable opposite the primary, seat (1), the passenger seat being able to adopt each of an upright configuration, a reclined configuration and a substantially flat configuration, such that in the reclined configuration, the primary seat (1) is reclined relative to the upright configuration and the secondary support surface (5) is angled upwardly towards the primary seat (1) so as to support the lower leg(s) of a passenger seated in the primary seat (1); and in the substantially flat configuration, the secondary support surface (5) is substantially horizontal and the seat back (3), the seat pan (4) and the secondary support surface (5) form a substantially flat and continuous surface wherein the secondary support surface (5) is rotatable about an axis between the reclined and substantially flat configurations, said axis being translated between the reclined and substantially flat configurations.