US 12,030,641 B2
Seat arrangement, in particular for an airplane
Bastien Bonnefoy, Issoudun (FR); and Benjamin Foucher, Tours (FR)
Assigned to Safran Seats, Plaisir (FR)
Appl. No. 16/979,762
Filed by Safran Seats, Plaisir (FR)
PCT Filed Mar. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/055869
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/175053, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1870291 (FR), filed on Mar. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0163139 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0606 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0604 (2014.12)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat arrangement comprising:
at least one front seat unit and at least one rear seat unit located one behind the other along a longitudinal axis of an airplane cabin and respectively comprising at least one seat capable of passing from a seated position to a bed position,
a transverse passage disposed between the front seat unit and the rear seat unit to allow access to an aisle,
wherein the seat arrangement comprises at least partly flexible closure means, said closure means being movable between a stowed position in which the closure means are clear of the passage and a deployed position in which the closure means close the passage,
the closure means comprising a curtain and a return device for returning the curtain to the stowed position so as to create tension on the curtain when the curtain is in the deployed position,
the return device comprising a single roller provided with a single shaft around which at least part of the curtain is wound when the curtain is in the stowed position,
wherein the curtain comprises a technical part made of a first fabric and an aesthetic part made of a second fabric, wherein the second fabric is thicker than the first fabric, wherein the aesthetic part is attached to the technical part and comprises patterns,
wherein only the technical part is wound around the shaft when the curtain is in the stowed position, the aesthetic part being not wound around the shaft when the curtain is in the stowed position,
the seat arrangement further comprising at least one translational guide for the curtain that is attached to the front seat unit,
said translational guide cooperating with an edge of the curtain,
said translational guide comprising a housing of complementary shape to a profile attached to the curtain,
the curtain comprising stiffening means extending along the edge of the curtain,
the stiffening means being arranged at least partly in the aesthetic part of the curtain.