Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Slouching divan with damped motion
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Application No.: US15950079Application Date: 2018-04-10
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Publication No.: US10427793B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Michael L. Oleson , Arjun Koustubhan
- Applicant: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
- Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
- Agent Angel N. Gerdzhikov; Donna P. Suchy; Daniel M. Barbieri
- Main IPC: B60N2/34
- IPC: B60N2/34 ; B64D11/06

Abstract:
A slouching aircraft divan transitions between discrete upright, slouched, and berthed configurations. The divan has a seatpan including rollers which travel along roller slots in frame rails connecting the front and rear legs: from the upright configuration, the seatpan tracks forward and down to a midpoint corresponding to the slouched configuration and then forward and up to the berthed configuration. The back follower panel tracks with the seatpan along backrest slots, curving rearward as it tracks down to allow the back follower panel to track maximally forward, and the seatpan and backrest cushions to berth flat and parallel to the floor. The divan uses one-way damping devices to regulate the speed with which the seatpan tracks forward and down from the upright configuration to the slouched configuration and to provide a cushion when the seatpan tracking ends at the midpoint of the roller slot, when the slouched configuration is achieved.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190127070A1 Slouching Divan with Damped Motion Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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