Privacy divider for adjacent parallel passenger seats

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10131432-B2
Application number	US-201615093131-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 7, 2016
Priority date	Apr 7, 2015
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

A suite divider for a passenger suite seating arrangement including separate first and second panels adapted to be deployed along a top of a partition wall separating laterally adjacent passenger suites, the first and second panels adapted to be stowed near respective first and second ends of the partition wall to connect the laterally adjacent passenger suites, and horizontally driven together to separate the laterally adjacent passenger suites.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A passenger suite seating arrangement, comprising:
a first suite comprising a first seat;
a second suite comprising a second seat, the second suite positioned laterally adjacent the first suite and the first and second seats being laterally adjacent and parallel;
a third suite comprising a third seat, the third suite positioned longitudinally adjacent the first suite and the third seat facing the first seat;
a fourth suite comprising a fourth seat, the fourth suite positioned longitudinally adjacent the second suite and laterally adjacent the third suite, and the fourth seat facing the second seat;
a fixed partition disposed between and separating the first and third suites from the second and fourth suites, the fixed partition extending from floor height to a height less than a height of the first, second, third and fourth seats; and
first and second panels adapted to deploy horizontally along a track disposed along a top of the fixed partition wall, the first panel deployable from a stowed position between the first and third seats and the second panel deployable from a stowed position between the second and fourth seats, the first and second panels deployable to a fully deployed position wherein ends of the first and second panels meet and engage, and wherein each of the first and second panels are free of attachment along a top edge thereof.

2. The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the separate first and second panels each comprise a plurality of rods that simulate a semi-transparent barrier when the separate first and second panels are deployed.

3. The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the separate first and second panels each comprise an articulating panel including a plurality of hinged segments.

4. The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein mating ends of the separate first and second panels each comprise a fastener for securing the mating ends together when the separate first and second panels are fully deployed.

5. The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of segments fold upon one another when the first and second panels are stowed.

6. The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the separate first and second panels are solid.

7. The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the separate first and second panels are optically transparent.

Assignees

• Be Aerospace Inc

Inventors

• Simeon Jayson C
• Careless Nathan E
• Brown Steven K
• Wang Nathan P
• Foohey Mark W
• Benoit Heather D
• Yee Daniel J
• Johnson Jens P
• Branson Terry L

Classifications

• B64D11/0605

  including tables or desks · CPC title

• B64D11/0602

  Seat modules, i.e. seat systems including furniture separate from the seat itself · CPC title

• B64D11/0601

  Arrangement of seats for non-standard seating layouts, e.g. seats staggered horizontally or vertically, arranged in an angled or fishbone layout, or facing in other directions than the direction of flight · CPC title

• B61D1/04

  General arrangements of seats (B61D1/06 takes precedence; seats per se B61D33/00) · CPC title

• B64D11/0606 Primary

  with privacy shells, screens, separators or the like (class dividers B64D11/0023) · CPC title