Aircraft seat base frame

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9573688-B2
Application number	US-201514679516-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2015
Priority date	Apr 4, 2014
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

An aircraft passenger seat base frame including spaced left and right spreaders cooperatively supporting a seat bottom and a seatback, spaced front and rear transverse beams interconnecting the left and right spreaders, spaced left and right leg assemblies each including a front leg and a rear leg, an in-flight entertainment component position in a space below the seat bottom, and a life vest container positioned below a front end of the seat bottom.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An aircraft passenger seat base frame, comprising:
spaced left and right spreaders supporting a seat bottom and a seatback;
spaced front and rear transverse beams interconnecting the left and right spreaders, the front beam positioned proximate a forward end of the seat bottom and the rear beam positioned proximate a rear end of the seat bottom and at a vertical height lower than the front beam;
an in-flight entertainment component positioned below the seat bottom in a space behind the front beam
a shroud positioned underneath the in-flight entertainment component; and
a life vest container positioned vertically below the front beam;
wherein the rear beam is positioned directly beneath the in-flight entertainment component and beneath at least a portion of the shroud.

2. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 1 , further comprising spaced left and right leg assemblies each including a front leg and a rear leg adapted to be secured to a seat track by way of track fasteners.

3. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 2 , wherein the front leg of each of the left and right leg assemblies extends vertically between the front beam and the seat track, and the rear leg of each of the left and right leg assemblies extends from vertically below the front beam to a position on the seat track behind the rear beam.

4. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 1 , further comprising a luggage retention bar positioned vertically below the life vest container.

5. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 1 , further comprising a center spreader centered between the left and right spreaders, the center spreader shared by laterally adjacent passenger seats, and the front and rear transverse beams spanning between the left and right spreaders and through the center spreader.

6. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 1 , wherein the in-flight entertainment component includes one or more of video equipment, media equipment, internet equipment, communications equipment, audio equipment, cabling, and a wire harness.

7. An aircraft passenger seat base frame, comprising:
spaced left and right spreaders supporting a seat bottom and a seatback;
spaced front and rear transverse beams interconnecting the left and right spreaders, the front beam positioned proximate a middle of the seat bottom and the rear beam positioned proximate a rear end of the seat bottom and at a vertical height above the front beam;
an in-flight entertainment component positioned below the seat bottom in a space forward of the rear beam, wherein the front beam is positioned vertically below the in-flight entertainment component; and
a life vest container positioned forward of the front beam and vertically below the in-flight entertainment component.

8. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 7 , further comprising spaced left and right leg assemblies each including a front leg and a rear leg adapted to be secured to a seat track by way of track fasteners.

9. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 8 , wherein the front leg of each of the left and right leg assemblies extends at an angle to vertical from the front beam to a position on the seat track forward of the front beam, and the rear leg of each of the left and right leg assemblies curves from vertically below the rear beam to a position on the seat track behind the rear beam.

10. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 7 , further comprising a shroud positioned between the in-flight entertainment component and the life vest container, the life vest container secured to an underside of the shroud.

11. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 7 , further comprising a luggage retention bar positioned vertically below the life vest container.

12. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 7 , further comprising a center spreader centered between the left and right spreaders, the center spreader shared by laterally adjacent passenger seats, and the front and rear transverse beams spanning between the left and right spreaders.

13. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 7 , wherein the inflight entertainment component includes one or more of video equipment, media equipment, internet equipment, communications equipment, audio equipment, cabling, and a wire harness.

14. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 1 , wherein the rear beam abuts the shroud.

15. The aircraft passenger seat base frame of claim 1 , wherein the shroud directly abuts the in-flight entertainment component.

Assignees

• Be Aerospace Inc

Inventors

• Pozzi Alexander Nicholas
• Stephens Benjamin D
• Kruse Mark A
• Garing Francis X

Classifications

• B64D11/0015 Primary

  Arrangements for entertainment or communications, e.g. radio, television · CPC title

• B64D11/0636

  Personal storage means or waste disposal bags · CPC title

• B64D11/0648 Primary

  Lower frame constructions · CPC title

• B64D11/0631

  for life vests · CPC title