Arrangement of seats for an aircraft cabin

• US 20050189804A1
• Filed: 02/25/2005
• Published: 09/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Safran Seats Co.
• Original Assignee: Societe Industrielle Et Commerciale De Materiel Aeronautique
• Inventors: Mercier, Guy
• Granted Patent: US 7,168,658 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/232
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/06 Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats crew seat constructions for emergency purposes B64D25/04
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0601 Arrangement of seats for non-standard seating layouts, e.g. seats staggered horizontally or vertically, arranged in an angled or fishbone layout, or facing in other directions than the direction of flight
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0606 with privacy shells, screens, separators or the like class dividers B64D11/0023
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0641 Seats convertible into beds

Abstract

An arrangement of individual seats for passengers in an aircraft, comprising a plurality of seats (1) which can be converted into beds and disposed in rows (2), comprising two lateral groups (3a) of two contiguous rows, each group being disposed along a wall (4) of the aircraft fuselage, and two central groups (3b) each comprising two continuous rows. The central groups being up against one another laterally, and the central groups being separated from each of the lateral groups by a gangway. Each of the lateral and central groups comprising, between two consecutive groups in a first row, and a gap able to allow transverse passage (6) to a gangway (7) for the passengers in the second row when the corresponding seat in the first row is in the bed position.

Claims

1. An arrangement of individual seats for passengers in an aircraft, comprising a plurality of seats (1) which can be converted into beds and disposed in rows (2), each row extending in the longitudinal direction of the aircraft, and each seat being oriented towards the front of the aircraft, characterized in that it comprises:

two lateral groups (3a) of two contiguous rows, each group being disposed along a wall (4) of the aircraft fuselage, the seats in one row being offset longitudinally with respect to the seats in the other row, and

two central groups (3b) each comprising two contiguous rows, the said central groups being up against one another laterally, the seats in one row being offset longitudinally with respect to the seats in the other row, the said central groups being separated from each of the lateral groups by a gangway;

each lateral and central group comprising, between two consecutive seats in a first row, a gap able to allow transverse passage (6) to a gangway (7) for the passengers in the second row, when the corresponding seat in the first row is in the bed position.

2. An arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that each seat is provided with a back rest adjustable for inclination, a squab adjustable for inclination, a leg rest adjustable for inclination and a fixed separation shell substantially in an S shape, the said shell comprising a first transverse wall (7) extending behind the back rest of the said seat, a second transverse wall (8) extending in front of the adjacent seat in the contiguous row, and a longitudinal wall (9) extending between the two transverse walls.

3. An arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that the seats (1) are arranged so that, in the bed position, the leg rest of a seat is disposed under the fixed shell of the adjacent seat in the longitudinal direction.

4. An arrangement according to claim 1 characterized in that, on the rows disposed along a wall of the aircraft fuselage, and on each of the two rows adjacent to one another in the two central groups, a space (15) is provided between two consecutive seats.