US 12,246,838 B2
Aircraft cabin
Jurre Miedema, Cwmbran (GB)
Assigned to Safran Seats GB Limited, Cwmbran (GB)
Appl. No. 17/760,659
Filed by Safran Seats GB Limited, Cwmbran (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/052233
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/053328, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1913614 (GB), filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332420 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0601 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0602 (2014.12)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft cabin comprising a first aisle and a first plurality of pairs of seat units positioned along the first aisle on a first side of the first aisle, each pair of seat units comprising a non-aisle seat unit and an aisle seat unit,
wherein the aisle seat unit comprises an aisle seat and an aisle footwell and the non-aisle seat unit comprises a non-aisle seat and a non-aisle footwell, a width of the non-aisle footwell being less than a width of the non-aisle seat, and wherein the aisle seat unit and non-aisle seat unit are positioned with respect to one another such that:
the aisle seat faces towards a first end of the cabin and has direct access to the aisle,
the non-aisle seat faces towards a second, opposite end of the cabin,
the aisle seat faces in a direction defining an aisle seat unit axis and the non-aisle seat faces in a direction defining a non-aisle seat unit axis, wherein the non-aisle seat unit axis is oriented at an angle of between 19 and 25 degrees with respect to the aisle seat unit axis,
the non-aisle seat unit axis is oriented at an angle of between 2 and 9 degrees with respect to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin such that the non-aisle seat faces towards the first aisle,
the non-aisle seat and the aisle footwell are spaced apart along a transverse axis of the aircraft cabin to provide the non-aisle seat unit with an aisle access path between the non-aisle seat and the aisle footwell, the transverse axis of the aircraft cabin being oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis,
the aisle seat is positioned adjacent to the non-aisle footwell along the transverse axis of the aircraft cabin such that no access path is provided between the aisle seat and the non-aisle footwell, and
a position of a seat pan of the aisle seat along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin overlaps with a position of the non-aisle footwell along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin.