Non-intrusive and extendable armrest

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12391386-B2
Application number	US-202018266359-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2020
Priority date	Dec 11, 2020
Publication date	Aug 19, 2025
Grant date	Aug 19, 2025

Abstract

Described are armrests for positioning between passenger seats having a base component with a divider extending upward from an upper surface of the base component and at least one adjustable component movably coupled to the base component. In a retracted position, the adjustable component and divider are arranged to form a non-intrusive barrier between passengers' arms. In an extended position, the divider is arranged to form the non-intrusive barrier between passengers' arms, while the adjustable component is arranged to extend a width of the armrest.

First claim

That which is claimed is:

1. An armrest for a passenger seat comprising:
a base component comprising two sides and an upper surface;
a divider extending upward from the upper surface of the base component and comprising an upper end at a height above the upper surface;
at least one adjustable component movably coupled to the base component, the at least one adjustable component comprising a curved retracted support surface and an extended support surface;
wherein, in a retracted position, the at least one adjustable component is positioned so that the curved retracted support surface extends with a non-linear curve between the upper end of the divider and an edge of one of the two sides of the base component; and
wherein, in an extended position, the at least one adjustable component is positioned so that the extended support surface is positioned adjacent one of the two sides of the base component.

2. The armrest of claim 1 , wherein the extended support surface is substantially flat.

3. The armrest of claim 2 , wherein the extended support surface is arranged to substantially align with the upper surface of the base component.

4. The armrest of claim 3 , wherein the extended support surface extends wider than a width of the base component by at least 1 inch.

5. The armrest of claim 1 , wherein the curved retracted support surface and the extended support surface are configured to support an arm of a passenger at approximately a same height when the passenger is seated in the passenger seat and resting the arm on the armrest.

6. The armrest of claim 1 , wherein the divider is arranged to form a non-intrusive barrier between the two sides.

7. An armrest positioned between two passenger seats, the armrest comprising:
a base component comprising a divider extending upward from an upper surface of the base component;
at least one adjustable component coupled to the base component, the at least one adjustable component movable relative to the base component between a retracted position and an extended position, each adjustable component comprising a concave support surface;
wherein, in the retracted position, the at least one adjustable component and the divider are arranged to form a non-intrusive barrier between opposing sides of the base component and the concave support surface extends to an upper end of the divider and with a non-linear curvature in a lateral direction relative to a length of the armrest; and
wherein, in the extended position, the divider is arranged to form the non-intrusive barrier.

8. The armrest of claim 7 , wherein concave support surface is configured to support an arm of a passenger when the passenger is seated in one of the two passenger seats and resting the arm on the armrest when the at least one adjustable component is in the retracted position.

9. The armrest of claim 7 , wherein the at least one adjustable component further comprises an extended support surface.

10. The armrest of claim 9 , wherein the extended support surface extends wider than a width of the base component by at least 1 inch.

11. The armrest of claim 9 , wherein the extended support surface is substantially planar.

12. The armrest of claim 9 , wherein the extended support surface is arranged to substantially align with the upper surface of the base component when the at least one adjustable component is in the extended position.

13. The armrest of claim 12 , wherein the concave support surface and the extended support surface are configured to support an arm of a passenger at approximately a same height when the passenger is seated in one of the two passenger seats and resting the arm on the armrest.

14. An armrest positioned between two passenger seats, the armrest comprising:
a base component comprising two sides and an upper surface;
at least one adjustable component coupled to the base component, the at least one adjustable component movable relative to the base component between a retracted position and an extended position, the at least one adjustable component comprising a curved retracted support surface with a non-linear curvature;
wherein, in the retracted position, the at least one adjustable component is arranged to form a non-intrusive barrier between the two sides of the base component of the armrest and such that the curved retracted surface faces upwards; and
wherein, in the extended position, the at least one adjustable component is positioned so that the curved retracted support surface faces downwards.

15. The armrest of claim 14 , wherein the at least one adjustable component further comprises an extended support surface, wherein the retracted support surface and the extended support surface are configured to support the arm at approximately a same height.

16. The armrest of claim 14 , wherein the at least one adjustable component further comprises an extended support surface, wherein the extended support surface is arranged to substantially align with the upper surface of the base component.

17. The armrest of claim 14 , wherein the at least one adjustable component further comprises an extended support surface, wherein the extended support surface extends wider than a width of the base component by at least 1 inch.

Assignees

• Safran Seats Usa Llc

Inventors

• Tran Anthony
• Tranier Romain
• Omoragbon Amen
• Le Nguyen Foek

Classifications

• B60N2/777

  Transversal adjustment · CPC title

• B64D11/0646

  Seats characterised by special features of stationary arms, foot or head rests · CPC title

• B64D11/0644 Primary

  Adjustable arm rests · CPC title