Articulating foot well divider for adjacent parallel passenger seats

US9919801B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Jayson C. Simeon · Round Rock, US
• Nathan Careless · Cedar Park, US
• Steven K. Brown · Austin, US
• Nathan Wang · Austin, US
• Mark W. Foohey · Austin, US
• Heather Benoit · Austin, US
• Daniel James Yee · Austin, US
• Jens P. Johnson · Austin, US
• Terry L. Branson · Plano, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 20, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/0602
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a foot well divider for adjacent parallel passenger seats, having a movable structure adapted to be hinged to a static structure positioned between first and second adjacent parallel passenger suites, the movable structure configured to pivot between a first position separating foot well space of the first suite from foot well space of the second suite, and a second position connecting the foot well spaces of the first and second suites. In certain aspects, the movable structure is a foot well divider in an aircraft foot well.