US 12,187,437 B2
Economy class passenger seat with bed mode and removable cushion
Sambasiva Rao Kodati, Vinjaram (IN); and Gudla Chandra Sekhar, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,874.
Claims priority of application No. 202241031495 (IN), filed on Jun. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391455 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0641 (2014.12) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A passenger seat row, comprising:
a frame; and
at least two passenger seats attached to the frame, each of the at least two passenger seats comprising:
a backrest forming a recess on a front of the backrest;
a cushion removably disposed in the recess; and
a seat pan including a fixed frame and a moving frame movably coupled to the fixed frame;
wherein:
the fixed frame comprises spaced frame members interconnected by spaced beams and a foraminous plate attached atop the spaced beams, at least one of the spaced frame members defining a rack on an inboard side thereof;
the moving frame comprises spaced frame members interconnected by spaced beams and a foraminous plate attached atop the spaced beams, each of the spaced frame members defining an elongate slot; and
a forward beam of the spaced beams of the fixed frame is disposed in the elongate slot of each of the spaced frame members of the moving frame for guiding movement of the moving frame relative to the fixed frame;
wherein in a taxi, takeoff and landing (TTOL) mode of the passenger seat row, the moving frame of each of the at least two passenger seats is retracted relative to the moving frame's respective fixed frame and the cushion is disposed in the recess; and
wherein in a bed mode of the passenger seat row, the moving frame of each of the at least two passenger seats is extended relative to the moving frame's fixed frame and the cushion is positioned atop the moving frame's respective fixed frame.