US 12,071,245 B2
Dual purpose legrest for a multiple passenger side facing aircraft seat
Arjun Koustubhan, Hyderabad (IN); Raghavendra Kottem, Telangana (IN); and Sambasiva Rao Kodati, Vinjaram (IN)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/950,618.
Claims priority of application No. 202241039495 (IN), filed on Jul. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0010342 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0643 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0627 (2014.12); B64D 11/0647 (2014.12)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A divan, the divan comprising:
a divan seat frame, the divan seat frame including a backrest frame and a seat pan frame, the backrest frame including a first backrest frame portion and a second backrest frame portion, the seat pan frame including a first seat pan frame portion and a second seat pan frame portion, the first backrest frame portion configured to actuate independently from the second backrest frame portion, the first seat pan frame portion configured to actuate independently from the second seat pan frame portion via a seat pan tracking assembly;
a storage compartment positioned underneath the seat pan frame, the storage compartment including one or more sidewall defining a cavity for stowage, the storage comparting including an opening configured to provide a passenger access to the cavity; and
a legrest assembly, the legrest assembly comprising:
a plurality of frame members, at least one frame member of the plurality of frame members coupled to a portion of the seat pan frame;
one or more closeout panels arranged proximate to the opening within the storage compartment, the one or more closeout panels configured to at least partially form the opening within the storage compartment and at least partially enclose one or more gaps formed between the one or more sidewalls of the storage compartment, the plurality of frame members, and one or more portions of the divan seat frame;
a plurality of panel doors, the plurality of panel doors configured to at least one of open or close, the plurality of panel doors including a plurality of integrated frame members configured to couple the plurality of doors to at least one frame member of the plurality of frame members; and
a panel door latch mechanism configured to open the plurality of panel doors, the panel door latch mechanism including a door handle and a panel door latch assembly.