- Patent Title: Passenger seating arrangement having access for disabled passengers
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Application No.: US17043451Application Date: 2018-12-07
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Publication No.: US11655037B2Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- Inventor: Richard Peter John Nicholas , Ian Hamilton Dryburgh , John David Henry McKeever
- Applicant: UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
- Current Assignee: UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Priority: GB 05328 2018.03.30
- International Application: PCT/GB2018/053560 2018.12.07
- International Announcement: WO2019/186090A 2019.10.03
- Date entered country: 2020-09-29
- Main IPC: B64D11/06
- IPC: B64D11/06

Abstract:
A passenger seating arrangement for use in an aircraft cabin, the passenger seating arrangement comprising a column of seat units arranged in an inwardly facing herringbone. Each seat unit is configurable between a seating configuration and a flat-bed configuration. Each seat unit has an access opening for accessing the respective seat unit. At least one of the seat units is configurable into a disabled-access configuration in which an access opening is temporarily widened by moving part of a foot-receiving structure, for enabling a disabled passenger to access the seat unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210031927A1 A PASSENGER SEATING ARRANGEMENT HAVING ACCESS FOR DISABLED PASSENGERS Public/Granted day:2021-02-04
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