US 12,246,839 B2
Offset leg assembly for aircraft passenger seats
Amen Omoragbon, Gainesville, TX (US); Nahum Madrid, Gainesville, TX (US); and Reza Mansouri, Gainesville, TX (US)
Assigned to SAFRAN SEATS USA LLC, Gainesville, TX (US)
Filed by SAFRAN SEATS USA LLC, Gainesville, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/062,177.
Prior Publication US 2024/0182172 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0646 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0648 (2014.12); B64D 11/0696 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A leg assembly for an aircraft passenger seat, the leg assembly comprising:
a forward base leg portion having a lower end configured to operably couple to a forward seat track coupling assembly and an upper end including a forward coupling pocket opposite the lower end;
a forward upper leg portion coupled to a lateral side of the upper end of the forward base leg portion, the forward upper leg portion having a forward aperture configured to receive a forward base frame tube of the passenger seat, wherein the forward coupling pocket has an aperture configured to receive a fastener therethrough to operably couple the forward upper leg portion to the forward base leg portion;
an aft base leg portion laterally aligned with and positioned apart from the forward base leg portion, the aft base leg portion having a lower end configured to operably couple to an aft seat track coupling assembly and an upper end including an aft coupling pocket opposite the lower end; and
an aft upper leg portion coupled to a lateral side of the upper end of the aft base leg portion, the aft upper leg portion having an aft aperture configured to receive an aft base frame tube of the passenger seat, wherein the aft coupling pocket has an aperture configured to receive a fastener therethrough to operably couple the aft upper leg portion to the aft base leg portion,
wherein the forward upper leg portion is positioned laterally offset from the forward seat track coupling assembly along the forward base frame tube, and wherein the aft upper leg portion is positioned laterally offset from the aft seat track coupling assembly along the aft base frame tube.