Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100060044 | TRAY TABLE ASSEMBLY - A tray table assembly for a reclinable seat that includes a tray table support arm including a support arm guide member and a slot for receiving a seat frame guide member therein for providing vertically translation of the assembly with seat movement, a support arm guiding member defining a guiding surface and an assembly stowing detent, a tray table pivotably attached to the tray table support arm, and a mechanical stop for limiting rotating of the tray table support arm. | 03-11-2010 |
20110108666 | AIRCRAFT SEATS AND SEATING ARRANGEMENT - An aircraft seating arrangement including a single-piece seat bottom frame having a plurality of laterally spaced-apart fore and aft legs for being attached to and supporting the seat frame on an aircraft deck and a plurality of seat bottoms supported on the seat frame. A plurality of seat back support frames are carried by the seat bottom frame aft of respective ones of the seat bottoms. A seat pan and seat back are positioned on respective seat bottoms and seat backs for passenger occupancy. | 05-12-2011 |
20110233337 | PASSENGER SEAT ASSEMBLY WITH ASSOCIATED FLOOR PANEL AND AIRCRAFT SIDEWALL ATTACHMENT, AND METHOD - An aircraft passenger seat assembly includes a seat frame on which is mounted at least one seat back, a seat pan and a plurality of seat legs and at least one seat floor panel having integrated floor panel seat tracks mounted therein and adapted for being mounted onto an aircraft deck. A mounting rail is mounted onto an aircraft fuselage sidewall, and leg track fasteners detachably secure the seat legs to the floor panel seat tracks and frame seat fasteners for mounting the seat frame to the sidewall mounted rail. | 09-29-2011 |
20120248833 | SEATBACK HOLDER FOR TABLET COMPUTERS - A seatback holder for a tablet computer including a bracket configured to releasably engage within a seatback pocket and a frame pivotally connected to the bracket configured to hold an installed tablet computer securely therein and pivot relative to the bracket to adjust the viewing angle of the installed tablet computer relative to a seatback. | 10-04-2012 |
20130241246 | PREMIUM CLASS AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SUITE - A premium class passenger suite that includes a main seat positioned in the suite together with separate bed. The bed has a flexible mattress of predetermined dimensions and is movable between a stowed position to one side of the main seat and a deployed position above and separate from the main seat. A drive apparatus is provided for driving the bed between the stowed and deployed positions. The main seat is configured to be movable between a seating position when the bed is stowed, and a stowed position with a lowered seat back when the bed is deployed for use. | 09-19-2013 |
20130241247 | AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SUITE WITH COMBINATION BED - An aircraft passenger suite including a seat configured for movement between an upright position and a horizontal bed position, an ottoman positioned apart from the passenger seat, and at least one armrest assembly configured for vertical movement, wherein the seat, ottoman and at least one armrest reside in horizontal alignment to form a bed in the horizontal bed position. | 09-19-2013 |
20130241258 | ARMREST ASSEMBLY WITH DEPLOYABLE BED EXTENSION - An armrest assembly for a seat of the type that is convertible into a lie flat bed, the armrest assembly including an armrest, an armrest housing in which the armrest is mounted for vertical movement, and a planar bed extension having an upper bed surface is mounted in the armrest housing for movement between a stowed position wherein the bed extension is contained in a vertical position in the armrest housing and a deployed position wherein the bed extension is positioned exterior to the armrest housing in a raised, horizontal position, wherein the armrest and bed extension reside in horizontal alignment with a seat back and seat bottom of the seat to collectively define a portion of a bed. | 09-19-2013 |
20130241259 | INTEGRAL MOLDED SEAT BACK FOR COMPOSITE SEAT FRAME AND METHOD - An aircraft seat back including a composite material seat back frame element and a composite seat back diaphragm molded to the seat back frame element during a molding step to provide a composite aircraft seat back formed of a seat back frame element and a seat back diaphragm. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244021 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL ELEMENT AND METHOD - A structural element that includes a central part formed of a fibrous material suspended in a thermoplastic matrix and at least one side part formed of a fibrous material suspended in a thermoplastic matrix and having at least one void therein. The central part and the at least one side part are bonded together while in a heated thermoplastic state to form a single, integral structure characterized by the absence of discontinuity across the bond plane of the structure. | 09-19-2013 |
20130247797 | FOLDABLE AIRCRAFT PASSENGER LAP TABLE - A foldable lap table including a first table leaf joined along a first hinge to a second table leaf, the first hinge folding in a first direction, and a third table leaf joined along a second hinge to a fourth table leaf, the second hinge being a linear extension of the first hinge and folding in a second direction opposite the first, wherein the third table leaf is further joined to the first table leaf along a third hinge and the fourth table leaf is further joined to the second table leaf along a fourth hinge such that the respective hinges and leaves are arranged to permit unison movement of the leaves when the lap table is folded and unfolded. | 09-26-2013 |
20130248654 | CANTILEVERED TRAY TABLE AND AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SUITE INCLUDING THE SAME - A tray table assembly for a passenger seat including a table top having a cantilevered portion configured to slide horizontally between an overseat position and a position forward of a passenger seat, and a linear slide for providing horizontal motion of the table top, the linear slide configured to mount to a wall adjacent the passenger seat and support the table top in a horizontal position. A tray table assembly for an aircraft passenger suite. | 09-26-2013 |
20130248655 | AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SUITE SEATING ARRANGEMENT - An aircraft passenger suite including one or more privacy walls arranged to define a seating area and a living area positioned to the side of the seating area, the seating area including a seat configured to achieve a horizontal bed position and the living area including at least one amenity for use by a passenger in the suite, the living area having a length substantially less than a length of the seating area such that the suite overlaps another suite in a longitudinal direction, and wherein an entrance to the suite is defined by a break in the one or more privacy walls. | 09-26-2013 |
20140014774 | CLASS DIVIDING PASSENGER SEAT BULKHEAD - A bulkhead for dividing passenger seating classes, and a passenger seating arrangement including a bulkhead, the bulkhead configured for attachment to the back of a first row of premium class passenger seats, wherein a backside of the bulkhead is fitted with amenities that serve an aft positioned second row of economy class seats, wherein the first row of seats includes a lesser number of seats than the second row of seats. | 01-16-2014 |
20140327286 | INTEGRAL MOLDED SEAT BACK FOR COMPOSITE SEAT FRAME AND METHOD - An aircraft seat back including a composite material seat back frame element and a composite seat back diaphragm molded to the seat back frame element during a molding step to provide a composite aircraft seat back formed of a seat back frame element and a seat back diaphragm. | 11-06-2014 |