Flight attendant seat, arrangement having a flight attendant seat, and aircraft area

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10040557-B2
Application number	US-201715616439-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2017
Priority date	Dec 9, 2014
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

A flight attendant seat comprises a carrier device having a first surface, a seat element movably coupled to the carrier device, and a backrest element movably coupled to the carrier device and operatively coupled to the seat element. The seat is movable between an operative position, permitting the use of the seat by a flight attendant, and an inoperative position in which the seat element and the backrest element are positioned, relative to the carrier device, such that they do not protrude from the carrier device first surface. The seat may be positioned in such a way, relative to a passenger seat or a row of passenger seats, that the rear side of the backrest element faces towards the rear side of a backrest of the passenger seat or the rear side of a backrest of at least one passenger seat belonging to the row of passenger seats.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A flight attendant seat comprising:
a carrier device having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface,
a seat element movably coupled to said carrier device, and
a backrest element movably coupled to said carrier device and being operatively coupled to said seat element,
wherein the flight attendant seat is movable between an operative position, which permits the use of said flight attendant seat by a flight attendant, and an inoperative position in which the seat element and the backrest element are positioned, relative to the carrier device, in such a way that they do not protrude from the first surface of said carrier device, wherein the first surface of the carrier device has at least one opening allowing the seat element and the backrest element of the flight attendant seat to emerge out therethrough when said flight attendant seat is moved from its inoperative position into its operative position, and wherein, in the inoperative position of the flight attendant seat, the seat element and the backrest element are positioned such that at least a part or section of at least one of the seat element and the backrest element protrudes from the second surface of the carrier device.

2. The flight attendant seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat element and the backrest element are positioned, when the flight attendant seat is in its operative position, in such a way, relative to the carrier device, that the seat element and the backrest element do not protrude from a second surface of said carrier device that lies opposite the first surface of said carrier device.

3. The flight attendant seat according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier device is constructed, in its shape and size, in such a way that it is capable of diverting, via at least one of a floor of the aircraft cabin, a side wall of the aircraft cabin and a ceiling of the aircraft cabin, a specified maximum force which may be introduced when the flight attendant seat is being used in its operative position by a flight attendant.

4. The flight attendant seat according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier device comprises a cabin partition and the two surfaces of said carrier device correspond to opposite surfaces of said cabin partition.

5. The flight attendant seat according to claim 1 , wherein the movement of the flight attendant seat between its inoperative and operative positions takes place automatically or manually, and a manual movement of said flight attendant seat from its operative position into its inoperative position is spring-assisted.

6. The flight attendant seat according to claim 1 , which is constructed as a double flight attendant seat.

7. The flight attendant seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat element and the backrest element are positioned, when the flight attendant seat is in its operative position, in such a way, relative to the carrier device, that they do not protrude from the second surface of said carrier device that lies opposite the first surface of said carrier device.

8. The flight attendant seat according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier device has a guiding arrangement to guide the seat element and also the backrest element when the flight attendant seat is moved between its operative and inoperative positions.

9. The flight attendant seat according to claim 8 , wherein the guiding arrangement comprises a plurality of slideways and also at least one pivoting element.

10. The flight attendant seat according to claim 9 , wherein the seat element is guided in at least one first slideway, and the backrest element is guided in at least one second slideway and also on at least one pivoting element.

11. The flight attendant seat according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one second slideway for guiding the backrest element is rectilinear and forms a first angle with a longitudinal axis of the carrier device.

12. The flight attendant seat according to claim 10 , wherein the movement of the flight attendant seat between its operative and inoperative positions comprises a corresponding movement of the seat element between its positions when the flight attendant seat is in its operative and inoperative positions, and also a corresponding movement of the backrest element between its positions when the flight attendant seat is in its operative and inoperative positions, and the seat element is operatively coupled, by means of at least one first coupling element, to the backrest element in such a way that the movement of the seat element between its positions when the flight attendant seat is in its operative and inoperative positions brings about the movement of the backrest element between its positions when the flight attendant seat is in its operative and inoperative positions for the purpose of moving said flight attendant seat between its operative and inoperative positions.

13. The flight attendant seat according to claim 1 , further comprising a headrest element movably coupled to the carrier device and which is operatively coupled to the backrest element and is positioned, when the flight attendant seat is in its inoperative position, in such a way that the headrest element does not protrude from the first surface of the carrier device.

14. The flight attendant seat according to claim 13 ,
wherein the movement of the flight attendant seat between its operative and inoperative positions comprises a corresponding movement of the seat element between its positions when the flight attendant seat is in its operative and inoperative positions, and also a corresponding movement of the backrest element between its positions when the flight attendant seat is in its operative and inoperative positions, and the seat element is operatively coupled, by means of at least one first coupling element, to the backrest element in such a way that the movement of the seat element between its positions when the flight attendant seat is in its operative and inoperative positions brings about the movement of the backrest element between its positions when the flight attendant seat is in its operative and inoperative positions for the purpose of moving said flight attendant seat between its operative and inoperative positions, and
wherein the movement of the flight attendant seat between its operative and inoperative positions also comprises a corresponding movement of the headrest element between its positions when said flight attendant seat is in its operative and inoperative positions, and the backrest element is operatively coupled, by means of at least one second coupling element, to the headrest element in such a way that the movement of said backrest element between its positions when the flight attendant seat is in its operative and inoperative positions brings about the movement of the headrest element between its positions when said flight attendant seat is in its operative and inoperative positions.

15. The flight attendant seat according to claim 13 , wherein the seat element, the backrest element and the headrest element are positioned, when the flight attendant seat is in its operative position, in such a way, relative to the carrier device, that they do not protrude from the second surface of said carrier device that lies opposite the first surface of said carrier device.

16. The flight attendant seat according to claim 13 , wherein the carrier device has a guiding arrangement for guiding the seat element, the backrest element and the headrest element, when the flight attendant seat is moved between its operative and inoperative positions.

17. The flight

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Breuer Matthias
• Moje Sabrina

Classifications

• B64D11/0691 Primary

  specially adapted for cabin crew · CPC title

• B64D11/0023

  Movable or removable cabin dividers, e.g. for class separation · CPC title

• B64D11/0639

  with features for adjustment or converting of seats · CPC title