US 12,065,248 B2
Seat assembly for a cabin of a means of transportation
Tobias Schmidt-Schäffer, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/610,061
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/074000
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/037995, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 123 321.6 (DE), filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306298 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0601 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0605 (2014.12); B64D 11/0643 (2014.12); B64D 11/0646 (2014.12)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat assembly for a cabin of a means of transportation,
wherein the cabin comprises:
an aisle arranged in a longitudinal direction (x) of the cabin;
first and second mutually spaced cabin walls oriented parallel to the aisle at least in some regions and laterally delimiting the cabin; and
first and second outer passenger seat regions separated from one another by the aisle, wherein each of the first and second outer passenger regions adjoins one of the first and second cabin walls;
wherein the seat assembly comprises at least one row of seats;
wherein the first and second outer passenger seat regions have at least first and second rows of seats of the at least one row of seats, each of the first and second rows of seats comprising a respective inner first seat module facing the aisle, a central second seat module adjoining the inner first seat module, and an outer third seat module adjoining the respective cabin wall,
wherein each of the first and third seat modules has a seat and an ottoman paired with the seat and the second seat module has a seat and a foot rest at a distance from the seat,
wherein the outer third seat module is offset to the central second seat module in the longitudinal direction (x) such that the seat of the outer third seat module adjoins the foot rest of the central second seat module in the transverse direction, and wherein the seat of the outer third seat module, the seat of the central seat module, and the seat of the inner first seat module face in a same direction.