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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7252268 | Interior configuration for an aircraft cabin An interior layout of an aircraft cabin including a set of aircraft seats arranged in the aircraft cabin. Each set includes two rows of seats arranged transversely in relation to the longitudinal axis of the cabin in which they are located and a single longitudinal ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7080806 | Overhead space access conversion monument and service area staircase and stowage system An overhead area access staircase stowage system (7) includes a servicing unit (10) having a stowage unit and a staircase (12) proximate to the stowage unit. The staircase (12) has a stowed state (18) and a deployed state (20 | 07/25/2006 |
| 6840179 | Amusement devices, such as roller-coasters Plant for amusement parks of the kind having a circuit and a series of vehicles joined one to another in an articulated way for the transport of passengers. The vehicles move along a rail track or the like, and can accommodate the transported passengers at different... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6073883 | Aircraft overhead rest areas A rest area is provided in the crown of an aircraft, above the ceiling of the main passenger cabin. The rest area includes a longitudinally extending aisle having a floor lowered into the overhead bin structure of the passenger cabin, and raised beds acce... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5431360 | Airplane passenger seat An airplane seat that affords extra protection for a passenger is provided. The seat has a slidingly mounted seat bottom that can slide from a front side of the seat back to a rear side of the seat back. In this way a single seat can provide a safer, rear... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5083727 | Aircraft cabin system for selectivley locating interior units An aircraft cabin system is provided in an aircraft for selectively locating interior units such as galleys and lavatories. The system includes floor fittings in the wall panels that secure the units to seat tracks that run the length of the fuselage. Som... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4951560 | Double deck rail car with baggage racks The present invention relates to a double deck rail car having baggage racks (10, 20) for each deck, characterized in that the top deck (1) is lowered beneath the rows of seats on the top deck in order to make sufficient room beneath the ceiling for bagga... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4936620 | Arrangement or organization of seats inside the passenger area of vehicle An arrangement or organization of seats inside a passenger area of a vehicle for transporting passengers, the vehicle being the type comprising a floor, a ceiling and lateral walls which run between the front and rear ends of the passenger area. The plane... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4925227 | Coach seat locking mechanism A coach seat locking mechanism is disclosed which is compatible for use with existing revolving type coach seats. A metallic body having a vertical bore is affixed to one end of the seat lower frame and a locking rod is vertically reciprocal within the bo... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4871207 | Coach seat locking mechanism A coach seat locking mechanism is disclosed which is compatible for use with existing revolving type coach seats. A metallic body having a vertical bore is affixed to one end of the seat lower frame and a locking rod is vertically reciprocal within the bo... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4854245 | Arrangement for increased passengers utilization in mobile units This invention relates to an arrangement permitting passengers in mobile units, such as coaches or trains, to stay both by day and by night in a lower and an upper one of two superposed passenger accommodations (1a, 1b) that are formed by one passenger ac... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4784425 | Coach seat locking mechanism A coach seat locking mechanism is disclosed which is compatible for use with existing revolving type coach seats. A metallic body having a vertical bore is affixed to one end of the seat lower frame and a locking rod is vertically reciprocal within the bo... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4686908 | Public transport vehicle Equipment for public transport vehicles and transit areas having on either side of a longitudinal passageway, symmetrical transverse rows of sitting seats, having an alternating orientation, sometimes facing and sometimes back to back. At least above two ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4570545 | Connecting means for a stanchion in a railway car A stub post is connected between the roof and ceiling of a railway car. A stanchion is fixed to the stub post and slip fitted into a cup secured to the top of an aisle seat. An adapter unit attached to the stub post is provided to receive the top end of t... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4475762 | Wheel chair restraint system A wheel chair restraint system and apparatus. The system includes a foldable seat having a bottom connected to a seat back for movement about a pivot axis between a lowered position and a raised position. The apparatus has a frame base connected to a lowe... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4266822 | Foldable transportation seat A foldable transportation seat includes a seat support, a seat having a bench portion, a pivot pin pivotally mounting the bench portion to the seat support, a bumper support member extending generally outwardly from the seat support adjacent a side of the... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4185563 | Combination seat and step arrangement for railway passenger compartment A combination seat and step arrangement for a railway sleeping compartment having components of the seat forming a step or ladder and a seat assembly. The seat includes a lateral part which is hinged upwardly and an upper lateral part of the back rest hin... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4184433 | Convenience center for railway passenger vehicle A railway passenger vehicle having a side wall mounted, modular shelving unit providing a convenience center for use in carrying or storing glasses, beverages and the like. The convenience center is a modular unit that may be assembled away from the vehic... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4179996 | Fixture for passenger railway car compartment A railway passenger car compartment includes an upper berth and a convertible seat. The compartment is provided with a fixture adjacent to the seat which serves as a storage unit, as a ladder to provide access to the upper berth, as an arm rest for the se... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4149471 | Automatic gondola for aerial ropeway, which opens and closes by rotating portions of the passenger compartment The gondola for an aerial ropeway comprises on a same lateral side two access openings extending from top to bottom and adapted to be cleared by pivotal movements of two portions of the gondola wall. It comprises a central ring rigid with the carrier fram... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4015542 | Convertible headrest for sleeping cars A sleeping car compartment which includes a convertible seat arrangement also usable as a bed includes a headrest positioned on a wall of the sleeping compartment above the back of the seat. The headrest includes a shaped pillow which is releasably held i... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3986459 | Seat mounting structure A seat for a railway car is mounted on and slidable along a floor mounted track having upwardly facing openings interconnected by undercut slots. A base for a leg of the seat carries studs which have heads insertable in the openings of the track and engag... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3931769 | Automatic opening and closing cabin for ropeways This cabin gondola or car for ropeway, intended for transporting passengers between two stations on a rope driving a plurality of disconnectable cabins or cars, has an automatic door opening and closing mechanism and the two doors are slidably mounted on ... | 01/13/1976 |
