US 11,702,209 B2
Aircraft passenger seat with in-flight rocking motion
Arjun Koustubhan, Hyderabad (IN); Arvind Mahabaleshwara, Hyderabad (IN); and Rajesh Mohanam, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/451,577.
Prior Publication US 2020/0407067 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/04 (2006.01); A47C 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0639 (2014.12) [B60N 2/04 (2013.01); A47C 3/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A passenger seat construction, comprising:
a fixed frame including spaced frame members, wherein slots are provided on the spaced frame members;
a rocking frame including a backrest and a seat pan supported on spaced rockers, the spaced rockers positioned to rock on portions of the fixed frame; and
guides carried on the spaced rockers engaged to travel within the slots of the spaced frame members to guide rocking motion of the rocking frame relative to the fixed frame;
wherein the passenger seat construction is adjustable between a sitting position and a berthing position, and the passenger seat construction is configured for the rocking motion only when in the sitting position.