Aircraft seats
First Claim
1. A seat for an aircraft, the seat comprising a seat frame assembly and a front cover for attachment to the seat frame assembly, the cover being detachably securable on the seat frame assembly by a plurality of clips having manually engageable and disengageable pairs of formations with one formation of each pair being on the seat frame assembly and the other formation of the pair being on the cover and being uniquely associated with said one formation, whereby the clips are operative to detachably retain and accurately locate the cover with respect the seat frame assembly, wherein each clip comprises a plug component and a socket component with a socket and the clip is capable of occupying a locking position in which the plug component is locked in the socket and cannot be released therefrom and a release position in which the plug component can be inserted in or removed from the socket.
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Abstract
An aircraft seat has a frame assembly onto which is attached a shaped front cover by means of clips, each having a socket component and a plug component. The plug and socket components are repeatedly engageable and disengageable, enabling the front cover to be repeatedly removed from and refitted to the frame assembly, for example for cleaning of the front cover. The clips ensure accurate and precise fitting and location of the seat cover with respect to the frame assembly.
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- 1. A seat for an aircraft, the seat comprising a seat frame assembly and a front cover for attachment to the seat frame assembly, the cover being detachably securable on the seat frame assembly by a plurality of clips having manually engageable and disengageable pairs of formations with one formation of each pair being on the seat frame assembly and the other formation of the pair being on the cover and being uniquely associated with said one formation, whereby the clips are operative to detachably retain and accurately locate the cover with respect the seat frame assembly, wherein each clip comprises a plug component and a socket component with a socket and the clip is capable of occupying a locking position in which the plug component is locked in the socket and cannot be released therefrom and a release position in which the plug component can be inserted in or removed from the socket.
- 11. A plurality of seats wherein each seat comprises a seat frame assembly and a front cover for attachment to the seat frame assembly by a plurality of clips having manually engageable and disengageable pairs of formations with one formation of each pair being on the seat frame assembly and the other formation of the pair being on the cover and being uniquely associated with said one formation, whereby the clips are operative to detachably retain and accurately locate the cover with respect to the seat frame assembly, wherein each seat frame assembly comprises a rigid seat frame on which bears a corresponding foam cushion which is covered by said cover, wherein the cushion is detachably connected to the seat frame by further clips having plug formations respectively engageable with socket formations, and wherein the plug and socket formation of the further clips are positioned in a pattern which differs from seat to seat, ensuring that only a cushion with a matching pattern can be fitted to a particular seat frame.
- 14. A front cover means for fitting to an aircraft seat frame assembly, the cover means comprising a seat portion and a back portion each formed by molding to a three-dimensional shape conforming to the shape presented by the seat frame assembly, so that the front cover means is a neat and accurate fit on the seat frame assembly, the front cover means having formations for cooperation with complementary formations in the seat frame assembly, allowing for repeated attachment and removal of the cover means with respect to the assembly, and wherein each portion of the cover means is of composite construction, having an intermediate layer of foam sandwiched between a backing scrim and a decorative top layer of fabric on the surface of the cover means which is visible in use.
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