Arrangement of individual seats for passengers of an aeroplane equipped with screen supports forming a separating wall

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11498682-B2
Application number	US-201816499616-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2018
Priority date	Mar 31, 2017
Publication date	Nov 15, 2022
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022

Abstract

An arrangement of individual seats intended to be installed in an aeroplane cabin includes at least one module of two seats disposed opposite one another, said module having a longitudinal elongation direction, characterized in that said arrangement further comprises:a console disposed between the two seats of the module;a screen connected to each seat, each screen being mounted on a screen support;the screen supports being movable between a stowed position and a deployed operating position, in which the screen supports are positioned substantially edge-to-edge and form a partition wall between the two seats located opposite one another.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An arrangement of individual seats for an aeroplane cabin, the arrangement comprising:
a module of two seats facing each other, said module having a longitudinal direction;
a console arranged between the two seats of the module; and
a screen associated with each seat of the module, each screen being mounted on a corresponding screen support;
wherein the screen supports are movable between a stowed position and a deployed operating position, wherein, in the deployed operating position, the screen supports are positioned substantially edge-to-edge and form a partition wall between the two seats facing each other, and wherein, in the stowed position, the screen supports extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , characterized in that a length of at least one screen support of the screen supports is less than or equal to a width of the console in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction when said screen support is in the stowed position.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one arm connected to at least one screen support of the screen supports and configured to further connect to a structure.

4. The arrangement according to claim 3 , characterized in that one end of the at least one arm is rotatably mounted relative to the at least one screen support of the screen supports and another end of the at least one arm is configured to rotatably mount to the structure.

5. The arrangement according to claim 3 , further comprising the structure, wherein the structure is a mast or a vertical side wall.

6. The arrangement according to claim 3 , characterized in that the at least one arm is able to be received in a groove provided in a face of at least one screen support of the screen supports.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 , characterized in that a slide mounted on the console is able to take-up forces applied on an arm of at least one screen support of the screen supports.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1 , characterized in that each screen is articulated relative to the corresponding screen support along a vertical axis of rotation.

9. The arrangement according to claim 1 , characterized in that at least one screen support of the screen supports comprises an outer flap and an inner flap articulated together along a vertical axis of rotation.

10. The arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one screen support of the screen supports is associated with a corresponding structure, and wherein the outer flap is rotatably mounted about the vertical axis relative to the corresponding structure.

11. The arrangement according to claim 9 , characterized in that one end of the inner flap is mounted to freely rotate and translate relative to a rail fixed on the console.

12. The arrangement according to claim 9 , characterized in that, when the at least one screen support of the screen supports is in the deployed operating position, the outer flap and the inner flap are substantially located in the same plane in the extension of one another.

13. The arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein both screen supports comprise the outer flap and the inner flap, wherein, when the screen supports are in the deployed operating position, the outer flaps of the two adjacent screen supports are located substantially edge-to-edge so as to form a partition wall between the two seats.

14. The arrangement according to claim 9 , characterized in that the screen mounted on the at least one screen support of the screen supports is mounted to freely rotate on one of the flaps.

15. The arrangement according to claim 9 , characterized in that, when the at least one screen support of the screen supports is in the stowed position, the outer flap and the inner flap are at least partially superposed on one another.

Assignees

• Safran Seats

Inventors

• White Jeremy
• Sandham Nicholas
• Seale Richard
• Chraibi Omar

Classifications

• B64D11/0606 Primary

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

• B64D11/0605

  including tables or desks · CPC title

• B64D11/00153 Primary

  Monitors mounted on or in the seat other than the seat back · 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