Seat arrangement, in particular for an aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12030640-B2
Application number	US-201917296145-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2019
Priority date	Nov 23, 2018
Publication date	Jul 9, 2024
Grant date	Jul 9, 2024

Abstract

The present invention relates essentially to an arrangement of individual seats intended to be installed in an aircraft cabin and characterised in that the first seat faces inwards in the direction of the axis of the aircraft cabin and the second seat faces outwards away from the axis of the aircraft cabin and in that at least a portion of the first seat and of the corresponding first footwell are capable of defining at least a portion of a first bed surface which faces outwards away from the axis of the aircraft cabin and in that at least a portion of the second seat and of the corresponding second footwell are capable of defining at least a portion of a second bed surface which faces inwards in the direction of the axis of the aircraft cabin.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seat assembly of individual seats to be installed in an aircraft cabin having a longitudinal axis, said seat assembly comprising:
a first seat and a second seat facing one another, each seat having an axis,
a central console arranged between the first seat and the second seat, said central console comprising a first foot zone and a second foot zone,
wherein the first foot zone is associated with the first seat, the first seat facing an opening of the first foot zone,
wherein the second foot zone is associated with the second seat, the second seat facing an opening of the second foot zone,
wherein the first seat faces inwardly towards the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin and the second seat faces outwardly away from the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, so that the axis of the first seat forms a first non-zero angle with respect to a reference straight line parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin and the axis of the second seat forms a second non-zero angle with respect to the reference straight line,
at least part of the first seat and the first foot zone define at least part of a first bed surface facing outwardly and away from the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, so that an axis of the first bed surface forms a third non-zero angle with respect to the reference straight line,
at least part of the second seat and the second foot zone define at least part of a second bed surface facing inwardly and towards the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, so that an axis of the second bed surface forms a fourth non-zero angle with respect to the reference straight line.

2. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first non-zero angle and the second non-zero angle are opposite one another, when these angles are measured with respect to the reference straight line.

3. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first non-zero angle and the second non-zero angle are equal to one another in absolute value.

4. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein an absolute value of the first non-zero angle or of the second non-zero angle is between 15 and 35.

5. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the third non-zero angle and the fourth non-zero angle are opposite to one another, when these angles are measured with respect to the reference straight line.

6. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the third non-zero angle and the fourth non-zero angle are equal to one another in absolute value.

7. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein an absolute value of the third non-zero angle or of the fourth non-zero angle is between 15 and 35.

8. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each seat has lateral sides substantially aligned with lateral sides of the other seat, so that, when viewed from above, the seat assembly has the shape of a parallelogram.

9. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first seat and the first foot zone or the second seat and the second foot zone are separated from one another by a space.

10. The seat assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the space is configured to at least partially receive an attached cushion defining part of a bed surface.

11. The seat assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the attached cushion is stowable under a seating surface.

12. The seat assembly according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first seat or the second is convertible between a sitting position and a lying position, wherein, in the lying position, the space is configured to at least partially recite a seating surface of the first seat or the second seat.

13. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first foot zone and the second foot zone are superimposed at least in part along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin.

14. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the central console comprises a partition wall.

15. An aircraft cabin comprising the seat assembly of claim 1 .

16. The aircraft cabin according to claim 15 , wherein the seat assembly forms at least one row, wherein the row is formed by a successive alternation of a block of two seats and of a central console, each block comprising two seats facing two opposite directions and arranged back to back.

Assignees

• Safran Seats

Inventors

• Glain Arthur
• Ruiz Oscar
• Ehrmann Charles

Classifications

• B64D11/0604

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

• B64D11/0641

  Seats convertible into beds · CPC title

• B64D11/0606

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

• 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