US 12,459,650 B2
Converting economy seat to full flat bed by dropping seat back frame
Krishna Chaitanya Prathipati, Hyderabad (IN); Ravindra Ramulu Kandukuri, Secunderabad (IN); and Ganesh Pralhad Bawaskar, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/370,674.
Claims priority of application No. 202311041901 (IN), filed on Jun. 23, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0425181 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0641 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0647 (2014.12)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat row, comprising:
a plurality of seats supported by a seat frame;
each seat comprising a seat pan, a backrest, and a backrest frame positioned in surrounding relation to the backrest, the backrest frame movable between a stowed position with the backrest and a deployed position overlaying the seat pan, and the backrest frame comprising a diaphragm subassembly movable with the backrest frame; and
a mattress configured to be installed overlaying the backrest frames of the seats when the backrest frames are in their respective deployed positions.