Privacy divider for adjacent parallel passenger seats

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016297530-A1
Application number	US-201615093131-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 7, 2016
Priority date	Apr 7, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A suite divider for a passenger suite seating arrangement including separate first and second panels adapted to be deployed along a top of a partition wall separating laterally adjacent passenger suites, the first and second panels adapted to be stowed near respective first and second ends of the partition wall to connect the laterally adjacent passenger suites, and horizontally driven together to separate the laterally adjacent passenger suites.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A suite divider for a passenger suite seating arrangement, comprising:
separate first and second panels adapted to be deployed along a top of a partition wall separating laterally adjacent passenger suites, the first and second panels adapted to be stowed near respective first and second ends of the partition wall to connect the laterally adjacent passenger suites, and horizontally driven together to separate the laterally adjacent passenger suites.

2 . The suite divider according to claim 1 , wherein the separate first and second panels each comprise a plurality of rods that simulate a semi-transparent barrier between the laterally adjacent passenger suites when the separate first and second panels are deployed.

3 . The suite divider according to claim 1 , wherein the separate first and second panels each comprise an articulating panel including a plurality of hinged segments.

4 . The suite divider according to claim 3 , wherein mating ends of the separate first and second panels each comprise a fastener for securing the mating ends together when the separate first and second panels are fully deployed.

5 . The suite divider according to claim 3 , wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of segments fold upon one another when the first and second panels are stowed.

6 . The suite divider according to claim 1 , wherein the separate first and second panels are solid.

7 . The suite divider according to claim 1 , wherein the separate first and second panels are optically transparent.

8 . The suite divider according to claim 1 , wherein the separate first and second panels are driven along a track on top of or within the partition wall.

9 . The suite divider according to claim 1 , wherein the passenger suite seating arrangement comprises first and second laterally adjacent and parallel passenger seats separated by the partition wall and facing in a common direction.

10 . The suite divider according to claim 9 , further comprising third and fourth parallel passenger seats separated by the partition wall, the third seat facing in a direction of the first seat and the fourth seat facing in a direction of the second seat, and wherein the suite divider separates the first and third seats from the second and fourth seats.

11 . A passenger suite seating arrangement, comprising:
first and second laterally adjacent and parallel passenger seats separated by a partition wall and facing in a common direction; third and fourth parallel passenger seats separated by the partition wall, the third seat facing in a direction of the first seat and the fourth seat facing in a direction of the second seat; and a deployable suite divider separating the first and third seats from the second and fourth seats, the deployable suite divider comprising separate first and second panels adapted to be horizontally driven along a top of the partition wall, the first and second panels adapted to be stowed near respective first and second ends of the partition wall to connect the first and third seats to the second and fourth seats, and driven together to separate the first and third seats from the second and fourth seats.

12 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the separate first and second panels each comprise a plurality of rods that simulate a semi-transparent barrier when the separate first and second panels are deployed.

13 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the separate first and second panels each comprise an articulating panel including a plurality of hinged segments.

14 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein mating ends of the separate first and second panels each comprise a fastener for securing the mating ends together when the separate first and second panels are fully deployed.

15 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of segments fold upon one another when the first and second panels are stowed.

16 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the separate first and second panels are solid.

17 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the separate first and second panels are optically transparent.

18 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the separate first and second panels are driven along a track on top of or within the partition wall.

Assignees

• Be Aerospace Inc

Inventors

• Simeon Jayson C
• Careless Nathan E
• Brown Steven K
• Wang Nathan P
• Foohey Mark W
• Benoit Heather D
• Yee Daniel J
• Johnson Jens P
• Branson Terry L

Classifications

• 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

• 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

• B64D11/0602

  Seat modules, i.e. seat systems including furniture separate from the seat itself · CPC title

• Y02T50/40

  Weight reduction · CPC title