Seat arrangement of a passenger cabin

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9718550-B2
Application number	US-201113643117-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2011
Priority date	May 4, 2010
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A seat arrangement of a passenger cabin includes at least two seat groups. The at least two seat groups are arranged consecutively between two passenger aisles running parallel to a longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin and each have two outer seat units and just one central seat unit. The seat units are set in a seating configuration. A central seat unit of at least one of the at least two seat groups is arranged offset with respect to at least one of the outer seat units of the same seat group in the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin, as a result of which each seat unit has obstacle-free access to at least one cabin aisle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seat arrangement of a passenger cabin, comprising:
two cabin aisles running parallel to a longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin; and
at least two seat groups extending between the two cabin aisles, each seat group including two outer seat units and exactly one central seat unit arranged between the two outer seat units, the seat units being set in a sitting configuration, the two seat groups being arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin,
wherein each seat unit of the at least two seat groups is arranged and configured to provide unobstructed access to at least one cabin aisle of the two cabin aisles, including:
a central seat unit of one of the two seat groups is arranged offset to at least one of the outer seat units of the same seat group by a distance from the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin,
at least one of the outer seat units is angled in a seat direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin, and
the seat direction of the central seat unit is aligned parallel to the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin.

2. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a number of connecting passageways disposed transversely to the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin between the cabin aisles is at least equal to a number of central seat units which are in a sitting configuration.

3. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one plane arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin intersects at least two seat groups.

4. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the seat groups has at least one privacy unit which is provided in order to screen the seat units of the respective seat group at least towards the rear.

5. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 4 , wherein at least two of the seat units of one of the seat groups are surrounded at least partially by the at least one privacy unit.

6. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the at least one privacy unit is formed in one piece.

7. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the seat units has a footrest unit.

8. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the footrest unit has a stowage unit.

9. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a tray unit that is arranged behind the central seat unit of one of the seat groups, viewed in the seat direction thereof, that connects each of the outer seat units of the same seat group, and that ends flush against the outer seat units of the same seat group, and the tray unit is provided in order to make available a tray surface for the outer seat units of the same seat group.

10. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one seat unit which is adjustable from a sitting configuration to a reclining configuration and inversely.

11. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one plane arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin intersects at least two seat groups.

12. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein at least one plane arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin intersects at least two seat groups.

13. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the seat groups has at least one privacy unit which is provided in order to screen the seat units of the respective seat group at least towards the rear.

14. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein at least one of the seat groups has at least one privacy unit which is provided in order to screen the seat units of the respective seat group at least towards the rear.

15. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein at least one of the seat groups has at least one privacy unit which is provided in order to screen the seat units of the respective seat group at least towards the rear.

16. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least one privacy unit is formed in one piece.

17. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the seat units has a footrest unit.

18. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein at least one of the seat units has a footrest unit.

19. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an angle between the seat direction of the outer seat units and the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin is 5 degrees.

20. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seat direction of the one outer seat unit has an angle towards the longitudinal axis of the passenger cabin that differs from 0.

21. A seat arrangement of a passenger cabin, comprising:
two cabin aisles running parallel to a longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin; and
at least two seat groups extending between the two cabin aisles, each seat group including two outer seat units and exactly one central seat unit arranged between the two outer seat units, the seat units being set in a sitting configuration, the two seat groups being arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin,
wherein each seat unit of the at least two seat groups is arranged and configured to provide unobstructed access to at least one cabin aisle of the two cabin aisles, including:
a central seat unit of one of the two seat groups is arranged offset to at least one of the outer seat units of the same seat group by a distance from the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin,
at least one of the outer seat units is angled in a seat direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin, and
both of the two outer seat units are angled respectively in opposite directions relative to the longitudinal axis of the passenger cabin and without crossing the longitudinal axis of the passenger cabin.

22. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
each of the outer seat units includes an outer cubical-footstool attached to different sides of the central seat unit, and
the central seat unit includes a central cubical-footstool attached to inner-facing sides of each of the outer seat units.

23. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 21 , wherein
each of the outer seat units includes an outer cubical-footstool attached to different sides of the central seat unit, and
the central seat unit includes a central cubical-footstool attached to inner-facing sides of each of the outer seat units.

Assignees

• Ko Djunianto
• Recaro Aircraft Seating Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Ko Djunianto

Classifications

• B64D11/0606

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

• 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

• B64D11/0636

  Personal storage means or waste disposal bags · CPC title

• B64D11/064

  Adjustable inclination or position of seats · CPC title

• B65G47/082

  grouping articles in rows · CPC title