Holding device for passenger seats and passenger seating system with flexible seating arrangement for means of passenger transport

US9656753B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Lars Schomacker · Heinbockel, DE
• Frank Quatmann · Seevetal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 9, 2014
• Grant date: May 23, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/0648
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A holding device is provided for fastening passenger seats in a means of passenger transport and a corresponding passenger seating system. The holding device comprises a seat leg fixing element, a sliding element and a rail element. The seat leg fixing element is designed to receive a seat leg of a passenger seat. The sliding element is provided on the opposite side of the holding device to the seat leg fixing element and is designed to be inserted in a seat rail located on the floor of the means of passenger transport. The rail element is provided on the same side as the seat leg fixing element and is designed to receive and fix a sliding element of an additional holding device. The holding device is provided on a front seat leg and the additional holding device is provided on a rear seat leg of a folding passenger seat.