Passenger seat arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023002056-A1
Application number	US-202017783732-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 9, 2020
Priority date	Dec 20, 2019
Publication date	Jan 5, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to an aircraft cabin having a longitudinal axis and comprising at least one aisle and an arrangement of seat units, a seat unit comprising, in particular, a seat provided with a base and a backrest as well as a foot area, the seat being movable between a sitting position and a lying position, the arrangement of seat units comprising:
at least one rear group of two seat units, at least one front group of two seat units, each group of two seat units comprising a seat unit arranged on the side of the aisle and referred to as the “aisle-side seat unit” and a seat unit arranged on the side of a window and referred to as the “window-side seat unit”, each seat of a group of seat units having an axis forming a non-zero angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, such that the seats of each group are facing the aisle, a first passage for accessing the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the foot area and the seat of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group, and a second passage for accessing the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the aisle-side seat unit of the front group and the foot area of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group.

First claim

1 . An aircraft cabin having a longitudinal axis and comprising at least one aisle and an arrangement of seat units, a seat unit comprising in particular a seat provided with a seating surface and a backrest as well as a foot area, said seat being movable between a seating position and a bed position, said arrangement of seat units comprising:
at least one rear group of two seat units, at least one front group of two seat units, each group of two seat units comprising a seat unit arranged on the side of the aisle, so-called “aisle-side seat unit”, and a seat unit arranged on the side of a window, so-called “window-side seat unit”, characterized in that each seat of a group of seat units having an axis forming a non-zero angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, so that the seats of each group face the aisle, a first access passage to the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the foot area and the seating surface of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group, and a second access passage to the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the aisle-side seat unit of the front group and the foot area of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group, and in that there is a longitudinal overlap between at least a portion of the foot area of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group and at least a portion of the backrest of the aisle-side seat unit of the front group.

2 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a width of the second access passage is less than a width of the first access passage.

3 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that there is a longitudinal overlap between at least a portion of the foot area of the window-side seat unit of the rear group and at least a portion of the backrest of the window-side seat unit of the front group.

4 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 3 , characterized in that the overlapping portion of the foot area with at least a portion of the backrest of the window-side seat unit of the front group is located between the two seat units of the front group.

5 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 4 , characterized in that the axes of the seats of the same group of seat units are parallel to each other.

6 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that the axes of the seats of the same group of seat units form a non-zero angle with respect to each other.

7 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that the seats of the same group of seat units are arranged side by side to each other.

8 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that the seats of the same group of seat units are longitudinally offset relative to one other.

9 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a partition separates the seats of the same group of seat units.

10 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 9 , characterized in that the partition extends from a shell at the rear of the seats to a front edge of a seating surface of a seat.

11 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that an aisle-side seat unit comprises a retractable door so as to be able to selectively open or close the first access passage.

12 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a foot area is integrated into a console provided with an upper wall which can be used as a table and/or in a console provided with a storage cabinet.

13 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a seat unit comprises a display panel.

14 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a seat unit comprises at least one armrest.

15 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a seat unit comprises a meal flap movable between a deployed position and a stored position.

16 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a transverse wall separates the front group of seat units and the rear group of seat units, said transverse wall extending from a wall of the aircraft cabin to the aisle.

17 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that the first access passage has a width of between 27.94 cm (11 inches) and 76.20 cm (30 inches).

18 . The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that the second access passage has a width of between 10.16 cm (4 inches) and 27.94 cm (11 inches), the value of 27.94 cm (11 inches) being excluded.

Assignees

• Safran Seats

Inventors

• Rousse Florelle
• Glain Arthur
• Beauvais Adrien
• Le Nguyen Foek
• Morales David

Classifications

• 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

• B64D11/0602

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

• B64D11/0641

  Seats convertible into beds · CPC title

• B64D11/0606

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