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Aircraft seat pan assembly

  • US 5,681,091 A
  • Filed: 06/15/1995
  • Issued: 10/28/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. To be mounted on an aircraft seat foundation including a pair of spaced side rail supports and front and rear cross supports disposed in spanning, spaced apart relation between the side rail supports, an aircraft seat pan assembly comprising:

  • a seat panel, said seat panel including a primary surface, a pair of opposite side edges, a rear edge, and a front edge,said side edges being structured and disposed to be directly secured to an upper surface of the side rail supports, in generally planar relation thereto,said front edge of said seat panel being adapted for securement directly to a front one of the cross supports in generally planar relation thereto,rear fastening means structured and disposed to secure said rear edge of said seat panel to a rear one of the cross supports in a generally elevated, spaced apart position above the rear cross support and to absorb a quantity of a downward spine load exerted on said seat panel, such that said seat panel resists the downward spine load thereon with a minimal initial stroking distance between said primary surface of said seat panel and any underlying seat frame portions,said rear fastening means including a rear panel segment extending angularly upward from said primary surface of said seat panel and terminating in said rear edge of said seat panel, andsaid rear fastening means further including a fastener clip coupled to said rear edge of said seat panel and adapted for coupling to the rear cross support so as to maintain said rear edge of said seat panel in said elevated, spaced apart position above the rear cross support and to absorb the quantity of downward spine load.

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