Passenger seat

Details Passenger seat Passenger seat

2002-10-31

2004-11-02

Cranmer, Laurie K. (Department: 3636)

Chairs and seats

Movable bottom

Independently movable resilient bottom sections

C297S452390, C297S284300, C297S331000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06811219

ABSTRACT:

FIELD
This invention relates to a vehicle seat of the type comprising a base frame including front and rear transverse support members, a backrest, and a seat pan having a rear part mounted on said transverse support members adjacent to the backrest for angular movement about a transverse horizontal axis and a front part which is mounted for angular movement relative to the rear part between a position in which its top surface is co-planar with the top surface of the rear part and a position in which the front edge of the front part is lower than its rear edge when the rear part is substantially horizontal.
RELATED ART
DE-A-4039100 discloses a seat of this type in which the front part of the seat pan serves as a leg rest. A seat in which the front part of the seat pan serves as a thigh support is described in GB-A-2232078.
For medical reasons, it is undesirable for passengers to remain seated in one position for long periods of time. Obviously, it is undesirable for large numbers of passengers in an aircraft to leave their seats at the same time. Particularly in economy class seating, the scope for passengers to move while remaining in their seats is severely limited. It is an object of the present invention to provide a seat with enhanced possibilities for a passenger to move without leaving the immediate vicinity of the seat.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention, in a vehicle seat of the type described above, the distance between the front transverse support member and the rear edge of the rear part of the seat pan is less than two thirds of the distance between the front edge of the front party of the seat pan and the rear edge of the rear part of the seat pan.


REFERENCES:
patent: 1516811 (1924-11-01), Edwards
patent: 3632166 (1972-01-01), Lohr
patent: 4765679 (1988-08-01), Lanuzzi et al.
patent: 4775185 (1988-10-01), Scholin et al.
patent: 4966413 (1990-10-01), Palarski
patent: 5195802 (1993-03-01), Hayakawa et al.
patent: 5401077 (1995-03-01), Hosoe
patent: 5597203 (1997-01-01), Hubbard
patent: 5788015 (1998-08-01), Seng et al.
patent: 40 39 100 (1992-06-01), None
patent: 0 723 890 (1996-07-01), None
patent: 0 723 890 (1996-07-01), None
patent: 811898 (1959-04-01), None
patent: 2 232 078 (1990-12-01), None
patent: 2 299 265 (1996-10-01), None
patent: 58-36732 (1983-03-01), None
patent: 58097529 (1983-06-01), None
patent: 8-142727 (1996-04-01), None
patent: 08132942 (1996-05-01), None
patent: 9-118159 (1997-06-01), None
patent: 2000333764 (2000-12-01), None

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Passenger seat does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Passenger seat, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Passenger seat will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3322858