US 11,851,186 B2
Mini suite emergency egress solutions
Bastien Bonnefoy, Issoudun (FR); Arthur K. Glain, Huntington Beach, CA (US); Victor Carlioz, Newport Beach, CA (US); Matthew Cleary, Newport Beach, CA (US); Eric O. Freienmuth, Marana, AZ (US); Patrick Herault, Saint Hilaire en Lignieres (FR); and Christopher La Montagna, Long Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Safran Seats USA LLC, Gainesville, TX (US); and Safran Seats, Plaisir (FR)
Filed by Safran Seats USA LLC, Gainesville, TX (US); and Safran Seats, Plaisir (FR)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/102,352.
Application 18/102,352 is a continuation of application No. 16/349,636, granted, now 11,591,090, previously published as PCT/US2017/061689, filed on Nov. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/424,349, filed on Nov. 18, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/422,257, filed on Nov. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0174236 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0606 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0023 (2013.01); B64D 11/0639 (2014.12); B64D 2011/0046 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A passenger seat egress system, characterized in that it comprises:
a passenger seat area divided from an aisle or other common area by a privacy feature, wherein the privacy feature offers a primary egress option from the passenger seat area and a secondary egress option from the passenger seat area
wherein the primary egress option comprises a sliding door mounted on a track system housed within a housing, wherein the track system includes a track base supporting one or more protrusions that are shaped and configured to cooperate with one or more receiving portions on an upper portion of the door, wherein the receiving portions are shaped as elongated slots with narrowed portions therebetween, wherein a channel is running below the elongated slots and the narrowed portions;
wherein the secondary egress option comprises the door being releasable from the track system and storable in the housing, wherein the secondary egress option comprises a release system that can be activated to disengage the one or more protrusions from the channel.