Chairs and seats – Bottom or back – Contoured back
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-28
2008-12-02
Nelson, Jr., Milton (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Bottom or back
Contoured back
C297S411320, C297S423260
Reexamination Certificate
active
07458643
ABSTRACT:
A passenger seat with increased knee space for an aft-seated passenger, including a seat base for being attached to a supporting deck and at least one seat frame including a seat back and seat bottom carried by the seat base. At least one arm rest assembly is carried by the seat frame and including an arm rest mounted for pivotal movement about a pivot member between a use position with an upper support surface in a horizontal position for supporting a forearm of a passenger seated in the seat, and a stowed position wherein the upper support surface of the arm rest is perpendicular to the use position. The arm rest pivot member is mounted on the seat frame at a point forward of a plane defined by the seat back carried by the seat and above a point defined by the seat bottom for allowing the knee of an aft-seated passenger to occupy space behind the pivot member of the arm rest.
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Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.
BE Aerospace, Inc.
Jr. Milton Nelson
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