US 11,993,383 B2
Aircraft cabin
James Woodington, Cwmbran (GB); Paul Wills, Cwmbran (GB); Oscar Ruiz, Cwmbran (GB); Arthur Glain, Cwmbran (GB); Matthew Cleary, Cwmbran (GB); and Victor Carlioz, Cwmbran (GB)
Assigned to Safran Seats GB Limited, Cwmbran (GB)
Appl. No. 17/280,610
Filed by Safran Seats GB Limited, Cwmbran (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/052702
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/065308, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1815702 (GB), filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347483 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0601 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0015 (2013.01); B64D 11/0605 (2014.12); B64D 11/0606 (2014.12); B64D 11/0607 (2014.12); B64D 11/064 (2014.12); B64D 2011/0046 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft cabin comprising:
a first row of seat units extending across the cabin between a first outboard sidewall of the cabin and a second opposite outboard sidewall of the cabin, the first row of seat units comprising a first seat unit, a second seat unit, a third seat unit, and no additional seat units,
a second row of seat units positioned adjacent the first row of seat units, the second row of seat units comprising a fourth seat unit and a fifth seat unit,
a first aisle extending along the cabin, and
a second aisle extending along the cabin,
wherein:
the first aisle adjoins the first outboard sidewall of the cabin and extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cabin along the first outboard sidewall, thereby separating the first outboard sidewall and the first seat unit,
the second aisle extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cabin between the second seat unit and the third seat unit of the first row of seat units and between the fourth seat unit and the fifth seat unit of the second row of seat units,
in the first row of seat units the first seat unit adjoins the second seat unit and
the third seat unit adjoins the second outboard sidewall,
the first row of seat units further comprises a privacy screen movable between a stowed position and a deployed position in which the privacy screen provides a barrier at least partially partitioning the first seat unit and second seat unit, and
each of the second seat unit, third seat unit, fourth seat unit, and fifth seat unit comprises a seat and a privacy wall positioned to one side of an entrance to the seat unit, between the seat of the seat unit and the second aisle, the privacy wall being movable between a stowed position and a deployed position in which the privacy wall is positioned to the one side of the entrance to the seat unit such that the seat of the seat unit is enclosed by the privacy wall.