Flight attendant seat arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10246194-B2
Application number	US-201514719555-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2015
Priority date	Nov 26, 2012
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A flight attendant seat arrangement comprises a monument which is suitable for installation in an aircraft cabin, a first receiving recess being constructed in a wall of said monument. A flight attendant seat has a backrest element and also a seat element. The backrest element and seat element are at least partially received within the first receiving recess constructed in the wall of the monument. The wall of the monument is of a double-walled design comprising a support wall which forms the rear wall of the first receiving recess and extends from said first receiving recess as far as an end of the monument on a floor side, and an outer wall which is oriented substantially parallel to the support wall, and wherein the backrest element and the seat element of the flight attendant seat are fastened to the support wall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A flight attendant seat arrangement comprising:
a monument suitable for installation in an aircraft cabin having a floor and a ceiling, wherein a first receiving recess is constructed in a wall of said monument; and
a flight attendant seat which has a backrest element and a seat element, wherein said backrest element is fixedly attached to a rear wall of the first receiving recess such that the backrest element extends substantially parallel to the rear wall of the first receiving recess and a portion of the wall of said monument which borders the first receiving recess,
wherein the wall of the monument is of a double-walled design comprising:
a support wall which forms the rear wall of the first receiving recess and extends from said first receiving recess as far as an end of the monument on a floor side, wherein the backrest element and the seat element of the flight attendant seat are fastened to the support wall; and
an outer wall which is oriented substantially parallel to the support wall
wherein the seat element is pivotable, relative to the backrest element, between an inoperative position in which a seating surface of said seat element faces towards and is substantially parallel to the rear wall of the first receiving recess, and a usable position in which the seating surface of said seat element forms an angle of at least 80 and no more than 100° with said rear wall of the first receiving recess,
wherein the backrest element is completely received within a first section of the first receiving recess constructed in the wall of the monument,
wherein the seat element is completely received within a second section of the first receiving recess constructed in the wall of the monument, at least when said seat element is located in its inoperative position, the second section borders on the first section in a direction of an end of the monument on a floor side,
wherein the flight attendant seat is constructed as a stand-up seat, and
wherein the height of the seat element in its inoperative position is chosen in such a way that a person who is standing up can be supported by their buttocks on the seating surface of the seat element when in its usable position.

2. The flight attendant seat arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the angle which the seating surface of the seat element forms with the rear wall of the first receiving recess is greater than 90° when said seat element is located in its usable position.

3. The flight attendant seat arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a headrest which is at least partially received within a third section of the first receiving recess constructed in the wall of the monument, said third section of the first receiving recess bordering on the first section of the first receiving recess.

4. The flight attendant seat arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the support wall is designed and dimensioned in such a way that the support wall is capable of dissipating a predetermined maximum force which may be introduced into the flight attendant seat in the course of the normal operation of an aircraft during flight.

5. The flight attendant seat arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the support wall is designed and dimensioned in such a way that the support wall is capable of dissipating a predetermined maximum force which may be introduced into the flight attendant seat in the event of a crash.

6. The flight attendant seat arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the wall of the monument further comprises:
a first side wall which extends substantially perpendicularly to the support wall and the outer wall, between said support wall and said outer wall, and defines a first lateral boundary of the first receiving recess; and
a second side wall which extends between said support wall and said outer wall substantially perpendicularly to the support wall and the outer wall and substantially parallel to the first side wall, and defines a second lateral boundary of the first receiving recess;
a first connecting wall which extends between said support wall and said outer wall substantially perpendicularly to the support wall, the outer wall, the first side wall and the second side wall, and defines a lower boundary of the first receiving recess on a floor side; and
a second connecting wall which extends between said support wall and said outer wall substantially perpendicularly to the support wall, the outer wall, the first side wall and the second side wall and substantially parallel to the first connecting wall, and defines an upper boundary of the first receiving recess on a ceiling side.

7. The flight attendant seat arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the wall of the monument further comprises:
an inner wall which extends substantially coplanar with the support wall and substantially parallel to the outer wall, starting from the second connecting wall, in the direction of a ceiling of the monument, to said ceiling of the monument and, starting from the second side wall, in a direction that faces away from the first receiving recess, from the end of the monument on the floor side to the ceiling of said monument.

8. The flight attendant seat arrangement according to claim 1 , including a second receiving recess constructed in the wall of the monument which is dimensioned in such a way that the second receiving recess is suitable for receiving items of emergency equipment.

9. The flight attendant seat arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a communication system which is arranged in such a way that the communication system is accessible to a person positioned on the flight attendant seat, and cables integrated into the monument, said cables intended for connecting the communication system to a line network of an aircraft.

10. The flight attendant seat arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a belt arrangement which is fastened to the support wall.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Ehlers Bernd
• Tuan Wei-Chung
• Herzog Mark

Classifications

• B64D11/0691 Primary

  specially adapted for cabin crew · CPC title

• B64D11/0629

  the storage means being specially adapted for emergency equipment · CPC title

• B64D11/062

  Belts or other passenger restraint means for passenger seats · CPC title

• B64D11/064

  Adjustable inclination or position of seats · CPC title

• B64D11/06

  Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats (crew seat constructions for emergency purposes B64D25/04) · CPC title