Vehicle Passenger Seating

a passenger seat and vehicle technology, applied in the field of seating arrangements, can solve the problems of awkwardness for larger passengers in particulars, passengers end up sitting shoulder to shoulder, and passengers are afforded little privacy, and achieve the effect of facilitating the provision of a clear spa

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-10-07
AIR NEW ZEALAND
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[0220]Preferably the “L” shape facilitates the provision of a clear space between said

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One of the problems associated with these seating configurations is that passengers end up sitting shoulder to shoulder.
This may be awkward for larger passengers in particulars.
Another problem assoc

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[0326]FIGS. 1-2, 7a-7e show an example of outboard seat unit 100 in or for a commercial passenger vehicle having a longitudinally shaped seating area. The vehicle may be a train, boat, aircraft, or bus. It is preferably an aircraft and the seating area is a passenger accommodation zone such as in a cabin or cabin section of the aircraft. The unit is herein described as being outboard because it is preferably positioned adjacent an outboard side of the vehicle. Eg a side that extends parallel to the fore / aft direction (such as the normal travel direction) of the vehicle.

[0327]The outboard sea unit 100 includes two seats 120. When installed on a vehicle, one of the seats may be in an inboard more position such as seat 120a and the other an outboard more position such as seat 120b. The seats 120a and 120b preferably face in a parallel direction to each other. The seats 120a and 120b are not disposed directly side by side each other but are instead staggered in lateral alignment from e...

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Abstract

A seating arrangement for location at the longitudinal centre line of a commercial passenger vehicle that has a longitudinally extending passenger seating area. The seating arrangement includes a pair of seats disposed alongside and secured to each other. Each seat comprising a backrest portion, and a seat pan portion, wherein the seats face at an acute angle to each other, and wherein the backrest portions of the respective seats are nearest the vertex of the acute angle than the seat pan portions.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of co-pending provisional application No. 61 / 298,048 filed on Jan. 25, 2010 the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a seating arrangement, seats and seating in or for passenger transport vehicles. More particularly but not exclusively it relates to seating in or for an aircraft.BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION[0003]Commercial passenger airlines typically aim to optimise seating on their aircraft to increase the comfort of passengers, yet achieving a high density of passengers per unit of floor area or for a given aircraft cabin volume.[0004]Typically seats in an aircraft are arranged so that passengers seated on the seats face in a direction parallel with the fore-aft direction of the aircraft. This has been the situation for seats in first class, business class, premium economy and economy sections in the aircraft for ma...

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IPC IPC(8): B64D11/06B60N2/01A47C7/72A47B83/02B60N2/75B60N2/90
CPCB60N2/01B64D11/0606B60N2/468B60N2/4686B60N2/4876B60N3/001B60N3/004B64D11/0015B64D11/06B60N2002/4405B60N3/002B60R7/043B64D11/0638B64D11/064B64D11/0646B64D11/0601B64D11/0604B64D11/0636B60N2/464B60N2/77B60N2/79B60N2/793B60N2002/905B60N2/00B64D11/00B64D11/00151B64D11/0641B64D11/0643
Inventor PORTER, GLEN WILSON
Owner AIR NEW ZEALAND
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