Seating group of passenger seats especially for an aircraft cabin

Patent 5829836 Issued on November 3, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 16, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent References

1662378

Extendible and retractable aircraft seat assembly
Patent #: 5178345
Issued on: 01/12/1993
Inventor: Peltola, et al.

Convertible aircraft passenger seats
Patent #: 5284379
Issued on: 02/08/1994
Inventor: Arnold, et al.

Convertible passenger seat assembly Patent #: 5597139
Issued on: 01/28/1997
Inventor: Beroth

Inventors

Assignee

Daimler Aerospace Airbus GmbH

Application

No. 714206 filed on 09/16/1996

US Classes:

297/257, Relatively movable244/118.6, Seating arrangement: berth or berthage297/188.1, Pivotally displaced297/248, Coupled side-by-side297/335About stationary horizontal pivot

Examiners

Primary: Nelson, Milton Jr.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Fasse; W. F., Fasse; W. G.

Foreign Patent References

0658477 EP. 06/12/1995
2280363 GB. 02/12/1995

International Class

A47C 015/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1995-09-14 DE

Abstract

Seating groups for passengers, for example in an aircraft cabin, are equipped with several seats having seat components supported on a support base on which the seat components, especially the seat sections are laterally slideable to make the seats wider when a passenger sits on a seat or narrower when a passenger is not sitting on a seat. The seat widening or narrowing is accomplished in several ways, for example, with the aid of a grooved shaft that operates as a spindle when turned by tilting a seat component, or by springs that vault upwardly when not loaded and spread when a passenger sits on a seat supported by the springs. The grooved shaft can be operated for example by an armrest or a seat section.