US 12,304,638 B2
Flexible structure for creating a rest space inside an aircraft cabin
Arthur K. Glain, Moissy-Cramayel (FR)
Assigned to Safran Seats, Plaisir (FR)
Appl. No. 18/701,720
Filed by Safran Seats, Plaisir (FR)
PCT Filed Oct. 19, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/079101
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 16, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/067000, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2111122 (FR), filed on Oct. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0327003 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0606 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0691 (2014.12)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for an aircraft cabin comprising:
a rear seat unit comprising a seat and a privacy shell extending at least partly around the seat,
a front seat unit comprising a seat and a privacy shell extending at least partly around the seat,
an access passage to an aisle extending between the rear seat unit and the front seat unit, wherein a removable flexible structure comprises, in a deployed state, an upper portion extending above the seat of the rear seat unit from the privacy shell of the rear seat unit to the privacy shell of the front seat unit, and
a side portion extending vertically between the rear seat unit and the front seat unit in order to close the access passage to the aisle,
so that the flexible structure delimits, with the shell of the rear seat unit and the shell of the front seat unit, a closed rest space around of the seat of the rear seat unit,
wherein the removable flexible structure is made in one piece,
wherein when the removable flexible structure is in a undeployed state, the removable flexible structure can be folded and stored easily and compactly inside a space of the aircraft cabin for this purpose, and
wherein the flexible structure has an asymmetrical configuration relative to a median transverse plane, so that a height of the flexible structure measured relative to a floor at the privacy shell of the rear seat unit is greater than a height of the flexible structure measured relative to the floor at the privacy shell of the front seat unit.