Aircraft divan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11577840-B2
Application number	US-202017022723-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2020
Priority date	Sep 17, 2019
Publication date	Feb 14, 2023
Grant date	Feb 14, 2023

Abstract

An aircraft is disclosed with an aircraft divan that comprises a back rest, an upright side rest extending from the back rest and forming a side of the aircraft divan, and a seat rest having a first seat section connected to the back rest and a second seat section displaceable translationally relative to the first seat section between a first position and a second position, a gap defined between the first seat section and the second seat section in the first position to receive therein legs of a seated occupant between the first and second seat sections, and the first and second seat sections being adjacent one another to close the gap and form an elongated sitting surface in the second position. A method of adjusting such aircraft divan is also provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aircraft divan, comprising:
a back rest;
an upright side rest extending from the back rest and forming a side of the aircraft divan; and
a seat rest having a first seat section connected to the back rest and a second seat section displaceable relative to the first seat section between a first position and a second position, a gap defined between the first seat section and the second seat section in the first position to receive therein legs of a seated occupant between the first and second seat sections, and the first and second seat sections being adjacent one another to close the gap and form an elongated sitting surface in the second position; and
a separate displaceable ottoman adding to the elongated sitting surface, the second seat section, overlying at least partially the ottoman in the first position.

2. The aircraft divan of claim 1 , wherein the ottoman is in a common horizontal plane with the second seat section in the second position.

3. The aircraft divan of claim 1 , wherein the ottoman is displaceable in a direction transverse to a translational displacement direction of the second seat section.

4. The aircraft divan of claim 3 , wherein the ottoman is displaceable between an extended position and a collapsed position, the ottoman adding to the elongated sitting surface in the extended position, and the ottoman in the collapsed position being disposed underneath the second seat section when the second seat section is in the first position.

5. The aircraft divan of claim 1 , wherein the side rest and the back rest are connected along a continuous bend, the side rest and the back rest forming an integral upright surface.

6. The aircraft divan of claim 1 , wherein the side rest extends along the first and second seat sections of the seat rest.

7. The aircraft divan of claim 1 , wherein part of the second seat section faces an underside of the side rest while in at least one of the first and second positions.

8. The aircraft divan of claim 1 , wherein the side rest extends between first and second longitudinal ends, the gap positioned between the first and second longitudinal ends of the side rest.

9. The aircraft divan of claim 1 , wherein the first seat section defines a first sitting surface and the second seat section defines a second sitting surface, the first and second sitting surfaces being coplanar in both the first and second positions of the second seat section.

10. The aircraft divan of claim 1 , wherein the elongated sitting surface is at least two times longer than a depth of the second seat section.

11. The aircraft divan of claim 1 , further comprising an adjustable head rest connected to the back rest and displaceable with respect to the back rest between a first height position and a second height position.

12. An aircraft comprising the aircraft divan of claim 1 , wherein the side rest extends longitudinally in a fore-aft direction of the aircraft and the back rest faces towards a front or a rear of the aircraft.

13. A method of adjusting an aircraft divan, comprising: displacing a second seat section of a seat rest of the aircraft divan away from a first seat section of the seat rest to form a gap between the first and second seat sections to receive therein legs of a seated occupant; and displacing an ottoman between an extended position and a collapsed position transversally to a displacement direction of the second seat section; wherein the step of displacing the second seat section away from the first seat section comprises moving the second seat section over the ottoman in the collapsed position.

14. The method of claim 13 , comprising displacing the second seat section toward the first seat section to close the gap and form an elongated sitting surface.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the step of displacing the ottoman to the extended position forms an addition to the elongated sitting surface.

16. The method of claim 5 ′ wherein the step of displacing the second seat section comprises displacing the second seat section in a fore-aft direction of an aircraft.

Assignees

• Bombardier Inc

Inventors

• Erhel Philippe
• Goring Adrian

Classifications

• B64D11/0639 Primary

  with features for adjustment or converting of seats · CPC title

• B64D11/0642

  Adjustable headrests · CPC title

• B64D11/0604

  including a bed, e.g. cocoon type passenger seat modules · CPC title

• B64D11/06 Primary

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

• B64D11/0641 Primary

  Seats convertible into beds · CPC title