Stowable aircraft cabin attendant seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9394054-B2
Application number	US-201514695024-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 23, 2015
Priority date	Mar 8, 2013
Publication date	Jul 19, 2016
Grant date	Jul 19, 2016

Abstract

A retractable flight attendant chair includes an anchor box, a sled coupled to the anchor box for horizontal translation of the retractable chair into and out of the stowage compartment, and a chair mounted on the sled. The chair includes an expanding/folding backrest and seat portion that allows the chair to be stowed in a small envelope compartment when not in use.

First claim

We claim:

1. A retractable chair for extension from an aircraft stowage compartment, comprising:
an anchor box residing within the stowage compartment;
a sled mounted on a rail for horizontal translation of the retractable chair into and out of the stowage compartment;
a collapsible chair having a foldable seat portion and a backrest portion, mounted on the sled;
the foldable seat portion of the chair permitting rotation of left and right panels of the foldable seat portion of at least ninety degrees;
the backrest portion of the chair vertically reciprocating on the sled; and
wherein the sled includes a vertical lift to raise and lock the chair on the sled upon emerging from the stowage compartment.

2. The retractable chair of claim 1 , further comprising a releasable locking mechanism to lock the retractable chair inside of the compartment when not in use.

3. The retractable chair of claim 1 further comprising stabilizing rods connecting the foldable seat portion of the chair to sled.

4. The retractable chair of claim 1 wherein the sled comprises an A frame truss structure.

Assignees

• Be Aerospace Inc

Inventors

• Johnson Wade
• Hauser James Brian

Classifications

• B60N2/30

  Non-dismountable {or dismountable} seats storable in a non-use position, e.g. foldable spare seats · CPC title

• B60N2/242

  Bus seats · CPC title

• B64D11/06

  Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats (crew seat constructions for emergency purposes B64D25/04) · CPC title

• B64D11/0691 Primary

  specially adapted for cabin crew · CPC title

• B60N2/24

  for particular purposes or particular vehicles · CPC title