Seat arrangement, in particular for an aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022017224-A1
Application number	US-201917296145-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 5, 2019
Priority date	Nov 23, 2018
Publication date	Jan 20, 2022
Grant date	—

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

1 . An assembly of individual seats to be installed in an aircraft cabin having a longitudinal axis, said 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, the first foot zone being associated with the first seat facing an opening of the first foot zone, the second foot zone being associated with the second seat facing an opening of the second foot zone,
characterized in that the first seat faces inwardly towards the axis of the aircraft cabin and the second seat faces outwardly away from the axis of the aircraft cabin, so that an axis of the first seat forms a first non-zero angle with respect to a reference straight line parallel to the axis of the aircraft cabin ( 10 ) and an 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 of the corresponding first foot zone being able to define at least part of a first bed surface facing outwardly away from the 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 of the corresponding second foot zone being able to define at least part of a second bed surface facing inwardly towards the 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 , characterized in that the first angle and the second 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 , characterized in that the first angle and the second angle are equal to one another in absolute value.

4 . The seat assembly according to claim 1 , characterized in that an absolute value of the first angle or of the second angle is between 15 and 35 degrees and is preferably of the order of 25 degrees.

5 . The seat assembly according to claim 1 , characterized in that the third angle and the fourth 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 , characterized in that the third angle and the fourth angle are equal to one another in absolute value.

7 . The seat assembly according to claim 1 , characterized in that an absolute value of the third angle or of the fourth angle is between 15 and 35 degrees and preferably is of the order of 25 degrees.

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

9 . The seat assembly according to claim 1 , characterized in that a seat and a corresponding foot zone are separated from one another by a space.

10 . The seat assembly according to claim 9 , characterized in that the space is intended to be filled at least in part by an attached cushion defining part of a bed surface.

11 . The seat assembly according to claim 10 , characterized in that the attached cushion is intended to be stored under a seating surface of a corresponding seat.

12 . The seat assembly according to claim 9 , characterized in that the seat being convertible between a sitting position and a lying position, the space is intended to be filled at least in part by a seating surface of the seat, when the latter is in the lying position.

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

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

15 . An Aircraft cabin characterized in that it comprises at least one row of seat assemblies as defined in claim 1 .

16 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 15 , characterized in that 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

• B64D11/0641

  Seats convertible into beds · CPC title

• B64D11/0602

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

• B64D11/0606

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

• B64D11/0601 Primary

  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

• B64D11/0605

  including tables or desks · CPC title