US 12,304,639 B2
Contiguous passenger seat rows configured to form a bed
Krishna Chaitanya Prathipati, Hyderabad (IN); Ravindra Ramulu Kandukuri, Secunderabad (IN); and Aditya Sharma, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/379,562.
Prior Publication US 2025/0074598 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0641 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0638 (2014.12); B64D 11/0647 (2014.12)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A passenger seat arrangement configured to form a bed, comprising:
a first row of passenger seats, each passenger seat within the first row comprising:
a seat pan;
a backrest;
a tray table deployable away from a backside of the backrest; and
a bed extension deployable away from the backside of the backrest; and
a second row of passenger seats contiguous with the first row of passenger seats, each passenger seat within the second row comprising:
a seat pan;
a backrest; and
at least one support deployable forward of the seat pan;
wherein, when the bed extension and the at least one support are deployed, the bed extension is substantially coplanar with the seat pan of one of the passenger seats in the second row and the at least one support engages the bed extension, and
wherein the seat pan of each passenger seat in the second row comprises a bifold cushion including a first cushion and a second cushion, wherein the second cushion, when the respective bed extension is deployed, is configured to be unfolded from against the first cushion and positioned atop the respective bed extension.