Airline passenger seat

• US 4,099,780 A
• Filed: 06/07/1976
• Issued: 07/11/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Recaro GmbH & Co.
• Original Assignee: Recaro GmbH & Co.
• Inventors: Schmidhuber, Karl
• Primary Examiner(s): Mitchell, James C.
• Application Number:
  US05/693,152
• Time in Patent Office: 764 Days
• Field of Search: 244/122 R, 297/194, 297/232, 297/248, 297/411, 297/412, 297/416, 297/417, 297/419-422, 297/445, 297/450, 297/455
• US Class Current: 297/411.26
• 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 11/0646 Seats characterised by special features of stationary arms, foot or head rests

Abstract

An airline passenger seat is disclosed wherein a seat divider is provided with a lightweight, high strength filler which may be formed of hard foam plastic. The filler is secured to the seat divider on the free end of a row of airline passenger seats for providing a treadboard support and is capable of absorbing high stresses and transmitting them to the seat divider.

Claims

1. In an airline passenger seat having at least one seat divider, the improvement comprising a filler member affixed to said seat divider, said filler member being formed of hard foam plastic for absorbing loads and stresses in an inherently stable manner and transmitting such loads and stresses to the seat divider and a casing supported by said filler member.

2. The improvement according to claim 1, wherein said filler member is reinforced with ribs and extends along the entire length of the seat divider.

3. The improvement according to claim 1, wherein said filler member is provided with a bearing plate and including an arm rest connected to the seat divider, said arm rest being supported on the bearing plate of the filler member.

4. The improvement according to claim 3, wherein said plate is provided with at least one boring and including a screw for connecting an arm rest with the filler member through such boring.

5. The improvement according to claim 3, wherein the filler member projects upward and forward beyond the seat divider in increasing width from the end thereof corresponding to the front edge of the seat to the upward end, the bearing plate for the arm rest being formed by the upwardly projecting end portion of the filler member.

6. The improvement according to claim 1, wherein the filler member is provided with a bearing surface arranged adjacent the end thereof corresponding to the front edge of the seat and including a treadboard plate secured to the bearing surface.

7. The improvement according to claim 1, wherein the filler member is provided with side bearing surfaces for said casing and including means for securing said casing to said filler member.

8. A passenger seat especially for use in airlines or the like comprising:

(a) a seating portion including at least an upstanding seat divider affixed to said seating portion at one end thereof;

(b) a filler member removably secured to said seat divider for transmitting loads and stress imposed thereon by a passenger to said seat divider without deforming, said filler member being formed of a relatively stiff plastic material and further including an upper portion which projects forwardly for supporting an arm rest thereon.

9. The passenger seat according to claim 8 further including an arm rest removably attached to the projecting portion of said filler intermediate the ends of said arm rest, said arm rest further including pivoting means secured at one end to seat divider, said filler including a planar bearing surface projecting forwardly for directly supporting said arm rest.

10. The passenger seat according to claim 8, wherein said filler further includes means in the lower portion for removable attachment to said seat divider, said removable attachment means including a projecting conical member adapted to fit into a corresponding opening formed in said seat divider;

said filler member further including a lower portion having a generally planar section for receiving a treadboard plating, said filler member being formed of a polyurethane material.