Aircraft seat

• US 4,364,604 A
• Filed: 03/20/1980
• Issued: 12/21/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kidde, Inc. (Hanson Industries, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Kidde, Inc. (Hanson Industries, Inc.)
• Inventors: Brunelle, Rene J.
• Primary Examiner(s): McCall, James T.
• Application Number:
  US06/132,125
• Time in Patent Office: 1,006 Days
• Field of Search: 297/242, 297/232, 297/163, 297/191, 297/353, 297/354, 297/187, 297/426, 297/61, 297/444, 248/291, 248/293
• US Class Current: 297/163
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/70 of foldable type
• 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 11/0638 with foldable tables, trays or cup holders
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/064 Adjustable inclination or position of seats
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0648 Lower frame constructions

Abstract

An aircraft seat comprising a pair of pivot pins, a pair of spaced seat back mounting brackets having apertures therein to permit the insertion of the pins therethrough, a pair of side frame forgings, each including a boss, each of the bosses including a peripheral clamping surface and an aperture therein for receiving one of the pins such that the pin and the boss surface have a common axis, a tray assembly including a pair of legs having bifurcated clamp ends for clamping over the peripheral clamping surfaces for selective pivotal motion relative thereto, whereby the tray assembly and the seat back brackets pivot about the common axis, the tray assembly can be removed without removing the seat back mounting brackets, and the seat back mounting brackets may be removed, by removing the pins, without removing the tray assembly.

Claims

1. An aircraft seat comprising

a pair of pivot pins,

a pair of spaced seat back mounting brackets having apertures therein to permit the insertion of said pins therethrough,

a pair of side frame forgings, each including a boss,

each of said bosses including a peripheral clamping surface and an aperture therein for receiving one of said pins such that said pin and said boss surface have a common axis,

a tray assembly including a pair of legs having bifurcated clamp ends for clamping over said peripheral clamping surfaces for selective pivotal motion relative thereto, whereby

said tray assembly and said seat back brackets pivot about the common axis,

said tray assembly can be removed without removing said seat back mounting brackets, and

said seat back mounting brackets may be removed, by removing said pins, without removing said tray assembly.

2. An aircraft seat according to claim 1, further comprising a plastic sleeve concentrically located around each of said boss peripheral clamping surfaces.

3. An aircraft seat according to claim 1, further comprising means to maintain each said bifurcated clamp end selectively clamped over said peripheral surfaces.

8. An aircraft seat according to claim 1 or 5, further comprising means for maintaining each said pivot pin axialy positioned.

9. An aircraft seat according to claim 8 in which said means for maintaining each pivot pin axially positioned comprises cooperating threaded portions on said pivot pin and a bushing on said side frame forging.

10. An aircraft seat according to claim 8 in which said means for maintaining each said pivot pin axially positioned comprises a threaded portion intermediate the ends of the pivot pin threadedly engaging a nut plate mounted on said seat back mounting bracket.

4. An aircraft seat comprising

a pair of spaced seat back mounting brackets,

a tray assembly including a pair of spaced legs,

a first support for supporting one of said brackets and one of said legs,

a second support for supporting the other end of said brackets and the other one of said legs,

said supports each including

a post means having first and second selectively separable pieces,

each said piece having a peripheral surface concentric to a single predetermined axis,

said legs having bifurcated clamp ends for selectively clamping over said first post piece peripheral surfaces for pivotal rotation relative thereto, and

said brackets having aperture means therein for receiving said second post pieces therethrough such that said brackets can be mounted on said second post pieces for pivotal rotation about said axis whereby

said seat back mounting brackets and legs pivot about the same axis,

said tray assembly can be removed from said support means without removing said brackets and vice versa.

5. An aircraft seat according to claim 4, wherein said supports each comprise a side frame forging wherein

said first post piece means comprises a boss protruding from said forging, said boss having a bore concentric to said predetermined axis, and

said second post piece means comprises a pivot pin which is inserted in said bore, said pin having an exposed stem which comprises said second post piece peripheral surface.

6. An aircraft seat according to claim 4 or 5, which additionally comprises a plastic sleeve concentrically located around each of said first post piece peripheral surfaces.

7. An aircraft seat according to claim 6, further comprising means for maintaining said clamp ends selectively clamped over said first post piece peripheral surface.