Articulating foot well divider for adjacent parallel passenger seats

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016297531-A1
Application number	US-201615095216-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 11, 2016
Priority date	Apr 10, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed is a foot well divider for adjacent parallel passenger seats, having a movable structure adapted to be hinged to a static structure positioned between first and second adjacent parallel passenger suites, the movable structure configured to pivot between a first position separating foot well space of the first suite from foot well space of the second suite, and a second position connecting the foot well spaces of the first and second suites. In certain aspects, the movable structure is a foot well divider in an aircraft foot well.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A foot well divider for adjacent parallel passenger seats, comprising:
a movable structure adapted to be hinged to a static structure positioned between first and second adjacent parallel passenger suites, the movable structure configured to pivot between a first position separating foot well space of the first suite from foot well space of the second suite, and a second position connecting the foot well spaces of the first and second suites.

2 . The foot well divider according to claim 1 , wherein the movable structure comprises first and second panels each independently hinged to the static structure, the first panel configured to pivot between a first position oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the first suite and a second position oriented at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the first suite, and the second panel configured to pivot between a first position oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the second suite and a second position oriented at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the second suite.

3 . The foot well divider according to claim 2 , wherein the first and second panels are parallel when the first panel is in the first position and the second panel is in the first position.

4 . The foot well divider according to claim 2 , wherein the first and second panels pivot apart as the first and second panels pivot toward their respective second position.

5 . The foot well divider according to claim 2 , wherein each of the first and second panels comprises a vertically extending partition wall and an outboard pocket.

6 . The foot well divider according to claim 2 , wherein the first panel is positioned forward of a first seat within the first passenger suite, and the second panel is positioned forward of a second seat within the second passenger suite.

7 . The foot well divider according to claim 6 , wherein the first and second seats are laterally adjacent, parallel and face in a common direction.

8 . The foot well divider according to claim 1 , wherein the movable structure comprise a single partition wall having an outboard pocket located on opposing sides of the partition wall, and wherein the foot well divider is an aircraft footwell divider.

9 . A passenger suite seating arrangement, comprising:
first and second laterally adjacent and parallel passenger seats facing in a common direction; and a movable structure adapted to be hinged to a static structure positioned between the first and second laterally adjacent and parallel passenger seats, the movable structure configured to pivot between a first position separating foot well space forward of the first seat from foot well space forward of the second seat, and a second position connecting the foot well spaces forward of the first and second seats.

10 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the movable structure comprises first and second panels each independently hinged to the static structure, the first panel configured to pivot between a first position oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the first suite and a second position oriented at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the first suite, and the second panel configured to pivot between a first position oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the second suite and a second position oriented at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the second suite.

11 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein the first and second panels are parallel when the first panel is in the first position and the second panel is in the first position.

12 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein the first and second panels pivot apart as the first and second panels pivot toward their respective second position.

13 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein each of the first and second panels comprises a vertically extending partition wall and an outboard pocket.

14 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein the first panel is positioned forward of a first seat within the first passenger suite, and the second panel is positioned forward of a second seat within the second passenger suite.

15 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 14 , wherein the first and second seats are laterally adjacent, parallel and face in a common direction.

16 . The passenger suite seating arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the movable structure comprise a single partition wall having an outboard pocket located on opposing sides of 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

• B64D11/0606 Primary

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

• B64D11/0602

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