Chairs and seats – Plural related seats – Coupled side-by-side
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-07
2007-08-07
White, Rodney B. (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Plural related seats
Coupled side-by-side
C297S232000, C297S217300, C297S217400
Reexamination Certificate
active
10516807
ABSTRACT:
A seating arrangement for a vehicle, especially an aircraft, in which seats are arranged in a plurality of generally parallel ranks (20, 22, 24), each rank extending in a fore-and-aft direction, and in a plurality of rows, each row extending at an angle other than a right angle with respect to said fore-and-aft direction and wherein adjacent seats (30) in a row overlap in a transverse direction in the preferred embodiment, the seats of a row also overlap in said fore-and-aft direction and include a truncated armrest (34) at one side of the seat arranged to fit behind an adjacent seat. The seats further include an armrest (32) at the other side of the seat, the armrest comprising a bar which extends from the rear of the seat so that a portion of one seat is located beneath the armrest provided at said other side of an adjacent seat.
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Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
White Rodney B.
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