Array of aircraft seats
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1. An array of aircraft seats comprising:
- two columns of seats arranged for array along an aircraft cabin on respective sides of a longitudinal axis of the array;
the seats having respective central axes,the seats in both columns having their central axes angled with respect to the longitudinal axis andthe array including at least one quartet of the seats having;
two seats from one column on one side of the longitudinal axis, withone of these two seats facing inwards towards the longitudinal axis andthe other of these two seats facing outwards from the longitudinal axis andtwo seats from the other column on the other side of the longitudinal axis, withone of these two seats facing inwards towards the longitudinal axis andthe other of these two seats facing outwards from the longitudinal axis.
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Abstract
The sleeper seats are shown in sleeping mode. Each comprises a head rest, a back rest, a seat pan or seat cushion and a leg rest, all of which move in a conventional manner when the seat is moved from sleeping mode to sitting mode. The seats also include ottomans. Further they have inter-seat dividers between the individual seats within the their column. The six seats are arranged in a chevron formation or array and two columns. All the seats in each column are parallel with each other and have central axes A set at a “herringbone” angle a to the column direction and in particular to a longitudinal axis 10 of the array.
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1. An array of aircraft seats comprising:
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two columns of seats arranged for array along an aircraft cabin on respective sides of a longitudinal axis of the array; the seats having respective central axes, the seats in both columns having their central axes angled with respect to the longitudinal axis and the array including at least one quartet of the seats having; two seats from one column on one side of the longitudinal axis, with one of these two seats facing inwards towards the longitudinal axis and the other of these two seats facing outwards from the longitudinal axis and two seats from the other column on the other side of the longitudinal axis, with one of these two seats facing inwards towards the longitudinal axis and the other of these two seats facing outwards from the longitudinal axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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