Aircraft divan convertible into a bed

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11040776-B2
Application number	US-201916556523-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2019
Priority date	Dec 27, 2013
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

An aircraft divan includes a lateral bracket connecting between front and rear legs with lateral bracket front and rear ends, a first track defined by the lateral bracket between the lateral bracket front and rear ends, an upright, having upright top and bottom ends, a second track defined by the upright between the upright top and bottom ends, a seat pan having seat pan front and rear ends, the seat pan being slidingly connected to the first track adjacent to the seat pan rear end, and a backrest having backrest top and bottom ends, the backrest being slidingly connected to the second track adjacent to the backrest top end. The seat pan rear end is pivotably connected to the backrest adjacent to the backrest bottom end such that movement of the seat pan is transmitted to the backrest so as to move together between upright and berth positions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A divan for a vehicle, comprising:
an undercarriage comprising at least one lateral bracket, the lateral bracket having a lateral bracket front end and a lateral bracket rear end;
a seat pan having a seat pan front end and a seat pan rear end, the seat pan comprising a first track extending between the seat pan front end and the seat pan rear end of the seat pan;
at least one forward seat bracket pivotally connected adjacent to the lateral bracket front end and slidingly engaging the first track;
a backrest having a backrest top end and a backrest bottom end;
at least one upright having an upright top end and an upright bottom end, wherein the upright bottom end is connected to the lateral bracket rear end;
a second track defined by the upright and extending between the upright top end and the upright bottom end; and
at least one backrest bracket, at one end, being connected adjacent to the backrest top end and, at another end, slidingly engaging the second track,
wherein the forward seat bracket pivots upon displacement of the seat pan between a divan upright seating position and a divan slouch seating position, and the seat pan rear end is pivotally connected to the backrest adjacent to the backrest bottom end such that movement of the seat pan is transmitted to the backrest so as to move together between the upright seating position and the slouch seating position, and
wherein the second track is fixed with respect to the undercarriage.

2. The divan of claim 1 , further comprising a third track defined by the lateral bracket between the lateral bracket front end and the lateral bracket rear end, wherein the third track is essentially V-shaped with a first end defining the upright seating position, an intermediate dip defining the slouch seating position, and a second end defining a berth seating position.

3. The divan of claim 2 , wherein a position of the rear end of the seat pan follows a shape of the third track.

4. The divan of claim 2 , further comprising:
at least one rear seat bracket connected, at a first end, adjacent to the seat pan rear end and, at a second end, slidingly engaging the third track.

5. A divan, comprising:
an undercarriage comprising at least one lateral bracket, the lateral bracket having a lateral bracket front end and a lateral bracket rear end;
a seat pan pivotally and slidingly connected to the lateral bracket front end, the seat pan having a seat pan front end and a seat pan rear end;
a first track extending between the seat pan front end and the seat pan rear end of the seat pan;
at least one forward seat bracket pivotally connected adjacent to the lateral bracket front end and slidingly engaging the first track;
at least one upright having an upright top end and an upright bottom end, wherein the upright bottom end is connected to the lateral bracket rear end;
a second track defined by the lateral bracket between the lateral bracket front end and the lateral bracket rear end;
a third track defined by the upright and extending between the upright top end and the upright bottom end; and
at least one backrest bracket, at one end, being connected adjacent to a backrest top end and, at another end, slidingly engaging the third track;
wherein the seat pan is slidingly connected to the second track adjacent to the seat pan rear end,
wherein the seat pan pivots and slides with respect to the lateral bracket front end, the forward seat bracket pivots upon displacement of the seat pan between a divan upright seating position and a divan slouch seating position,
wherein the seat pan rear end is pivotally connected to a backrest adjacent to a backrest bottom end such that movement of the seat pan is transmitted to the backrest so as to move together between the upright seating position and the slouch seating position, and
wherein the third track is fixed with respect to the undercarriage.

6. The divan of claim 5 , wherein the second track defines at least three seating positions, the upright seating position for taxi, take-off, and landing, the slouch seating position, and a berth seating position.

7. The divan of claim 6 , wherein the second track is essentially V-shaped with a first end defining the upright seating position, an intermediate dip defining the slouch seating position, and a second end defining the berth seating position.

8. The divan of claim 5 , wherein a position of the rear end of the seat pan follows a shape of the second track.

9. The divan of claim 5 , further comprising:
at least one rear seat bracket connected, at a first end, adjacent to the seat pan rear end and, at a second end, slidingly engaging the second track.

10. A divan, comprising:
an undercarriage comprising at least one lateral bracket, the lateral bracket having a lateral bracket front end and a lateral bracket rear end; and
a seat pan pivotally connected to the lateral bracket front end, the seat pan having a seat pan front end and a seat pan rear end;
a first track extending between the seat pan front end and the seat pan rear end of the seat pan;
at least one forward seat bracket pivotally connected adjacent to the lateral bracket front end and slidingly engaging the first track;
a second track defined by the lateral bracket between the lateral bracket front end and the lateral bracket rear end;
a backrest having a backrest top end and a backrest bottom end;
at least one upright, having an upright top end and an upright bottom end, wherein the upright bottom end is connected to the lateral bracket rear end;
a third track defined by the upright and extending between the upright top end and the upright bottom end; and
at least one backrest bracket, at one end, being connected adjacent to the backrest top end and, at the other end, slidingly engaging the third track,
wherein the seat pan is slidingly connected to the second track adjacent to the seat pan rear end,
wherein the seat pan pivots about the lateral bracket front end and the forward seat bracket pivots upon displacement of the seat pan between a divan upright seating position and a divan slouch seating position,
wherein the seat pan rear end is pivotally connected to the backrest adjacent to the backrest bottom end such that movement of the seat pan is transmitted to the backrest so as to move together between the upright seating position and the slouch seating position, and
wherein the third track is fixed with respect to the undercarriage.

11. The divan of claim 10 , wherein the second track defines at least three seating positions, the upright seating position for taxi, take-off, and landing, the slouch seating position, and a berth seating position.

12. The divan of claim 10 , wherein the second track is essentially V-shaped with a first end defining the upright seating position, an intermediate dip defining the slouch seating position, and a second end defining the berth seating position.

13. The divan of claim 10 , wherein a position of the rear end of the seat pan follows a shape of the second track.

14. The divan of claim 10 , further comprising:
at least one rear seat bracket connected, at a first end, adjacent to the seat pan rear end and, at a second end, slidingly engaging the second track.

Assignees

• Bombardier Inc

Inventors

• Erhel Philippe Andre Eugene

Classifications

• A47C17/17

  with coupled movement of back-rest and seat · CPC title

• B64D11/0641 Primary

  Seats convertible into beds · CPC title

• B60N2/34

  into a bed · CPC title

• B61D33/00

  Seats · CPC title

• B64D2011/0069

  Rest berths, beds or the like · CPC title