Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9682779-B2
Application number	US-201314059610-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2013
Priority date	Oct 24, 2012
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle seat, in particular an aircraft seat, includes at least one seating device, which has at least one seat unit and at least one bench unit, which is arranged at one side of the seat unit in a transverse direction oriented at least substantially perpendicular to a seat unit longitudinal direction. The bench unit, in at least one seat position, can have at least one bench unit section which projects rearward beyond the seat unit in relation to the seat unit longitudinal direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aircraft seat, having at least one seating device, the at least one seating device has at least one seat unit and at least one bench unit, the at least one bench unit is, in at least one upright seat position, in which a backrest unit of the seat unit is oriented at least substantially perpendicular to a floor, arranged at one side of the seat unit in a transverse direction oriented at least substantially perpendicular to a seat unit longitudinal direction, wherein the bench unit has at least one rearward bench unit section which projects, in the at least one upright seat position of the seat unit and in a comfort position, rearward beyond the seat unit in relation to the seat unit longitudinal direction, the at least one bench unit has a bench unit surface which forms, in the comfort position, a lying surface with a seating surface provided by a seat bottom unit and a lower leg support unit of the at least one seat unit, said lying surface is adapted for a supine passenger who lies thereon obliquely across the seat bottom unit of the seat unit, and wherein in the comfort position the seat bottom unit and the lower leg support unit form the lying surface with the bench unit surface and the backrest unit does not form any part of the lying surface in the comfort position,
wherein the lower leg support unit and the seat bottom unit and the bench unit surface are arranged at least substantially in one plane in the comfort position, and the backrest unit remains in the upright seat position in the comfort position.

2. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the lying surface has at least one lying surface longitudinal direction which is oriented inclined to the seat unit longitudinal direction.

3. The aircraft seat according to claim 2 , wherein the bench unit has at least two different bench unit transverse extents.

4. The aircraft seat according to claim 2 , wherein the bench unit has at least one bench unit longitudinal extent which, in an assembled state of the aircraft seat, is permanently oriented inclined to the seat unit longitudinal direction.

5. The aircraft seat according to claim 2 , wherein the bench unit, in the comfort position, has at least one forward bench unit section which, starting from the seat unit, is arranged in front of the seat unit in relation to the seat unit longitudinal direction.

6. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the bench unit has at least two different bench unit transverse extents.

7. The aircraft seat according to claim 6 , wherein the bench unit, starting from the at least one rearward bench unit section of the bench unit has a tapering profile in relation to a bench unit longitudinal direction.

8. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the bench unit has at least one bench unit longitudinal extent which, in an assembled state of the aircraft seat, is permanently oriented inclined to the seat unit longitudinal direction.

9. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat unit has the lower leg support unit and the at least one seat bottom unit, the lower leg support unit is arranged at a front edge of the seat bottom unit, at least when the lower leg support unit and the seat bottom unit are arranged at least substantially in one plane in the comfort position.

10. The aircraft seat according to claim 9 , wherein the lower leg support unit and the seat bottom unit form the lying surface with the bench unit surface in the comfort position.

11. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the bench unit, in the comfort position, has at least one forward bench unit section which, starting from the seat unit, is arranged in front of the seat unit in relation to the seat unit longitudinal direction.

12. A system having at least a first aircraft seat according to claim 1 and a second aircraft seat similar to the first aircraft seat, the second aircraft seat is arranged behind said first aircraft seat in relation to the seat unit longitudinal direction.

13. An aircraft passenger cabin having at least one aircraft seat according to claim 1 .

14. A system having at least a first aircraft seat according to claim 1 and a second aircraft seat similar to the first aircraft seat, said second aircraft seat is arranged behind said first aircraft seat in relation to the seat unit longitudinal direction of said first aircraft seat, wherein the lying surface of said first aircraft seat and the lying surface of said second aircraft seat overlap at least partially in the seat longitudinal direction.

15. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , the aircraft seat further comprises the seat bottom unit which is provided as a seating surface for a passenger sitting on the seat unit, and a backrest unit which is mounted pivotably on the seat bottom unit.

16. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of a base of the aircraft seat is a parallelogram with no right angles.

17. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the bench unit is arranged permanently at one side of the seat unit.

18. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the bench unit is arranged to project permanently rearward beyond the seat unit in relation to the seat unit longitudinal direction.

19. An aircraft seat, having at least one seating device, the at least one seating device has at least one seat unit and at least one bench unit, the at least one bench unit is, in at least one upright seat position, in which a backrest unit of the seat unit is oriented at least substantially perpendicular to a floor, arranged at one side of the seat unit in a transverse direction oriented at least substantially perpendicular to a seat unit longitudinal direction, wherein the bench unit has at least one rearward bench unit section which projects, in the at least one upright seat position of the seat unit and in a comfort position, rearward beyond the seat unit in relation to the seat unit longitudinal direction, the at least one bench unit has a bench unit surface which forms, in the comfort position, a lying surface with a seating surface provided by a seat bottom unit of the at least one seat unit, said lying surface is adapted for a supine passenger who lies thereon obliquely across the seat bottom unit of the seat unit, and wherein in the comfort position the seat bottom unit forms the lying surface with the bench unit surface and substantially without the backrest unit,
wherein the seat bottom unit and the bench unit surface are arranged at least substantially in one plane in the comfort position, and the backrest unit remains in the upright seat position in the comfort position.

Assignees

• Recaro Aircraft Seating Gmbh & Co Kg
• Recaro Aircraft Seating Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Hasegawa Satoshi
• Ko Djunianto
• Lohrmann Jochen
• Vnukovski Juri
• Broenner Vasco
• Roderwald-Vincze Timea

Classifications

• B64D11/06 Primary

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

• B64D11/0643

  Adjustable foot or leg rests · CPC title

• B64D11/0604

  including a bed, e.g. cocoon type passenger seat modules · 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