US 12,351,317 B2
Row of passenger seats convertible to a bed
Aditya Sharma, Bangalore (IN); Krishna Chaitanya Prathipati, Hyderabad (IN); and Ravindra Ramulu Kandukuri, Secunderabad (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. 18/379,531.
Claims priority of application No. 202341053129 (IN), filed on Aug. 8, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0051014 A1, Feb. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0641 (2014.12) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A row of passenger seats convertible to a bed, comprising:
a frame assembly; and
at least two laterally adjacent passenger seats supported by the frame assembly, each passenger seat comprising:
a backrest including a first portion and a second portion movable relative to the first portion;
a seat pan movable between a first position for seating and a second position for sleeping; and
at least one link connecting the second portion of the backrest to the seat pan such that the second portion of the backrest travels with the seat pan as the seat pan travels between the first and second positions;
wherein, when the seat pan is in the first position, the second portion of the backrest resides in a plane of the backrest;
wherein, when the seat pan is in the second position, the second portion of the backrest resides in a plane of the seat pan; and
wherein:
the first portion of the backrest is pivotally attached to the frame assembly;
the first portion of the backrest forms middle and upper support portions of the backrest;
the second portion of the backrest includes a first segment and a second segment rotatably coupled to the first segment; and
the second portion of the backrest, when the seat pan is in the first position, forms a lower support portion of the backrest.