High density aircraft seat arrangement

US9550573B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Zodiac Seats UK Limited · GB

Inventors

• Ali Ersan · London, GB
• Richard Peter John Nicholas · London, GB
• John David Henry McKeever · London, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 24, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

An aircraft cabin (26) has a plurality of seat units (10) including first (10) and second (12) seat units in a first row (22) and a third seat unit (14) in a second row (24). The first and second seat units (10, 12) are separated by an aisle (38). The seats all face in the same direction (31), said direction (31) being inclined to the longitudinal axis (30) by a seat offset angle (Sθ), and are configurable between a bed mode and a seat mode. A console (20a) of the first seat unit (10) is directly adjacent to the aisle (38) and accommodates a foot-well (40) for use by a passenger in the seat (18c) of the third seat unit (14). At least a part of the console (20a) of the first seat unit (10), in a region no higher than a first distance from the floor, extends further into the aisle (38) than the rest of the first seat unit (10) in a region higher than the first distance from the floor.