US 11,780,585 B2
Passenger seat arrangement
Florelle Rousse, Viroflay (FR); Arthur Glain, Boulogne Billancourt (FR); Adrien Beauvais, Abondant (FR); Nguyen Foek Le, Arlington, TX (US); and David Morales, Chihauhua (MX)
Assigned to Safran Seats, Plaisir (FR); and Safran Seats USA LLC, Gainesville, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/783,732
Filed by Safran Seats, Plaisir (FR); and Safran Seats USA LLC, Gainesville, TX (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/085236
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/122207, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1915108 (FR), filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002056 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
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 11/0641 (2014.12)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft cabin having a longitudinal axis and comprising at least one aisle and an arrangement of seat units, a seat unit comprising a seat provided with a seating surface and a backrest as well as a foot area, said seat being movable between a seating position and a bed position, said arrangement of seat units comprising:
at least one rear group of two seat units,
at least one front group of two seat units,
each group of two seat units comprising an aisle-side seat unit and a window-side seat unit,
characterized in that
each seat of a group of seat units having an axis forming a non-zero angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, so that the seats of each group face the aisle,
a first access passage to the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the foot area and the seating surface of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group, and
a second access passage to the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the aisle-side seat unit of the front group and the foot area of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group,
and in that there is a longitudinal overlap between at least a portion of the foot area of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group and at least a portion of the backrest of the aisle-side seat unit of the front group.