Comfortable seating arrangements with easy access

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018290562-A1
Application number	US-201816003253-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 8, 2018
Priority date	Feb 28, 2005
Publication date	Oct 11, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A seating arrangement with improved seating comfort. In one embodiment, the seating arrangement is for a transportation vehicle. The arrangement includes seats at least having two levels adjacent to single-level seats. The multi-level seats include at least a bottom row of seats and a top row of seats. In one embodiment, the bottom row seats are on a floor; and there is an imaginary horizontal plane that is parallel to the floor, and that at least a part of the top row seats and at least a part of the bottom row seats intersect. The single-level seats include at least two rows, with at least one seat in each row being adjacent to the aisle, to allow passengers to access the single-level seats. In another embodiment, a seating arrangement includes only multi-level seats. In yet another embodiment, a computer-implemented method is applicable to the seats, such as allowing the display of a visual representation of a top-row seat and a bottom-row seat.

First claim

1 . A seating arrangement of a transportation vehicle comprising:
at least a first aisle with a first side and a second side; at least a first lower-level seat having a top end, the at least a first lower-level seat with a plurality of seating positions, including a resting position, with the at least a first lower-level seat including a seat back, a seat base and a leg rest, the at least a first lower-level seat being positioned closer to the first side than the second side of the first aisle; at least one upper-level seat having a bottom end, the at least one upper-level seat with a plurality of seating positions, including a resting position, with the at least one upper-level seat including a seat back, a seat base and a leg rest,
wherein at least in one of the plurality of seating positions of the at least one upper-level seat and at least in one of the plurality of seating positions of the at least a first lower-level seat, the bottom end of the at least one upper-level seat is positioned below the top end of the at least a first lower-level seat, and
wherein in the resting position of the at least one upper-level seat or in the resting position of the at least a first lower-level seat, at least the corresponding leg rest is adjusted to allow the body of a passenger to rest on the corresponding seat back, the corresponding seat base and the corresponding leg rest;
at least a second lower-level seat arranged side by side in a row with the first lower-level seat, with the first lower-level seat being closer to the first aisle than the second lower-level seat; and an access space behind at least the first lower-level seat and the second lower-level seat, the access space allowing a passenger at the second lower-level seat to access the first aisle by moving the second lower-level seat backwards, without the need to go over the first lower-level seat in any of the seating positions of the first lower-level seat, including the resting position.

Assignees

• Ipventure Inc

Inventors

• Cheung Kwok Wai
• Tong Peter P
• Thomas C Douglass

Classifications

• B60N2/22

  the back-rest being adjustable {(B60N2/2878 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2/0292 Primary

  Multiple configuration seats, e.g. for spacious vehicles or mini-buses · CPC title

• B64D11/064

  Adjustable inclination or position of seats · CPC title

• 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

• B60N2/06

  slidable (B60N2/12 {, B60N2/2209} take precedence) · CPC title