US 11,787,545 B2
Platform first class
Victor Carlioz, Newport Beach, CA (US); James B. Woodington, Cwmbran (GB); Rachel West, Pontypool (GB); and Jan Jurre Miedema, Cardiff (GB)
Assigned to Safran Seats GB Limited, Cwmbran (GB)
Filed by Safran Seats GB Limited, Cwmbran (GB)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,275.
Application 17/493,275 is a continuation of application No. 15/939,810, filed on Mar. 29, 2018, granted, now 11,136,126.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/478,299, filed on Mar. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024593 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0606 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0601 (2014.12); B64D 11/0604 (2014.12); B64D 11/0641 (2014.12)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seating arrangement for an aircraft, comprising:
a first seat configured to be positioned in a first accommodation space of the aircraft; and
a second seat configured to be positioned in a second accommodation space of the aircraft, wherein the first accommodation space and the second accommodation space are configured to share a common floor space at a floor level of the aircraft;
wherein the first seat and the second seat are convertible to a first bed and a second bed; and
wherein the arrangement further comprises a filler provided in a gap between the first seat and the second seat so that the filler provides a bed surface to co-operate with bed surfaces of the first bed and the second bed,
wherein a divider screen is located in the gap between the first seat and the second seat, moveable between a stowed position permitting passenger egress between the first accommodation space and the second accommodation space across the common floor space, and a deployed position preventing passenger egress between the first accommodation space and the second accommodation space across the common floor space,
wherein the divider screen is moveable between its stowed position and its deployed position by sliding in a direction along the common floor space.