Seating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9950796-B2
Application number	US-201414782460-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 1, 2014
Priority date	Apr 5, 2013
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

A seating device with at least one lateral luggage bar, which is provided for being mounted underneath a seat, and with at least one carrier element, which is implemented by a step element and provided for receiving a support force in at least one operating state. In order to achieve improved characteristics regarding complexity and weight, the carrier element and the luggage bar have at least one coupling point, in which the luggage bar and the carrier element are rigidly connected to each other in at least one direction via a form-fit manner, by a substance to substance bond and/or via a force-fit manner and which coupling point is provided for transferring at least a portion of the support force from the carrier element onto the luggage bar.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seating device with at least one lateral luggage bar, which is provided for being mounted underneath a seat and, when installed, the lateral luggage bar is arranged at a side of the seat that is adjacent to an aisle of a passenger cabin, and at least a lower part of the lateral luggage bar extends substantially parallel to the cabin floor towards a rear region of the seat, and the seating device is further provided with at least one carrier element, which is formed separately from the lateral luggage bar and is provided for receiving a support force in at least one operating state, wherein
the carrier element and the luggage bar have at least one coupling point, in which the luggage bar and the carrier element are rigidly connected to each other in at least one direction via a form-fit manner, by a substance-to-substance bond or in a force-fit manner and which coupling point is provided for transferring at least a portion of the support force from the carrier element onto the luggage bar,
a first end of the carrier element is fixed to an underside of the seat, and a second end of the carrier element is fixed to the luggage bar at the coupling point, and
the carrier element is an element providing a step that is elevated with respect to the lower part of the lateral luggage bar.

2. The seating device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier element has a substantially L-shaped basic shape.

3. The seating device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier element is connected to the luggage bar via the coupling point in a form-fit or force-fit fashion.

4. The seating device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier element comprises a form-fit element, which at least substantially encompasses the luggage bar for the purpose of a form-fit connection.

5. The seating device according to claim 4 , wherein the luggage bar comprises at least one form-fit element, which is implemented corresponding to the form-fit element of the carrier element.

6. The seating device according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one form-fit element of the luggage bar comprises at least one bump molded to the luggage bar.

7. The seating device according to claim 1 , wherein the luggage bar is implemented at least partially by a solid profile.

8. The seating device according to claim 1 , wherein the luggage bar is embodied at least partially as a flat rod.

9. The seating device according to claim 8 , wherein the flat rod is arranged such that a relatively wide surface of the flat rod faces generally upward when the seating device is in an installed position to provide a surface of the step on which a passenger can step.

10. The seating device according to claim 1 , comprising a seat divider, wherein the carrier element is arranged between the seat divider and the luggage bar.

11. An aircraft seat, with a seating device according to claim 1 .

12. The seating device according to claim 11 , wherein the carrier element has a substantially L-shaped basic shape.

13. The seating device according to claim 11 , wherein the luggage bar is implemented at least partially by a solid profile.

14. The seating device according to claim 11 , comprising a seat divider, wherein the carrier element is arranged between the seat divider and the luggage bar.

15. The seating device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier element comprises a coupling element and the luggage bar comprises a coupling element which is directly connected to the coupling element of the carrier element to form the coupling point.

16. The seating device according to claim 1 , wherein the step is generally horizontal when the seating device is in an installed position.

17. A seating device comprising:
a lateral luggage bar, which is mounted underneath a seat, and
a carrier element that includes a step, wherein
when installed, the lateral luggage bar is arranged at a side of the seat that is adjacent to an aisle of a passenger cabin, and at least a lower part of the lateral luggage bar extends substantially parallel to the cabin floor towards a rear region of the seat,
the carrier element is formed separately from the lateral luggage bar,
a first end of the carrier element is fixed to an underside of the seat, and a second end of the carrier element is fixed to the luggage bar,
the carrier element and the luggage bar are rigidly joined to each other at the second end of the carrier element such that least a portion of the support force from the step is transferred onto the luggage bar, and
the step is elevated with respect to the lower part of the luggage bar.

18. The seating device according to claim 17 , wherein the carrier element has a substantially L-shaped basic shape.

19. The seating device according to claim 17 , wherein a connection between the carrier element and the luggage bar is a form-fit connection or a force-fit connection.

Assignees

• Recaro Aircraft Seating Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Guttropf Roland
• Irimia Cristian
• Krauth Hubert

Classifications

• B60N2/682

  Joining means · CPC title

• B64D11/003

  Stowage devices for passengers' personal luggage · CPC title

• A61B3/107 Primary

  for determining the shape or measuring the curvature of the cornea · CPC title

• B64D11/0648

  Lower frame constructions · CPC title

• B60N2/68

  Seat frames · CPC title