Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Passenger seat
- Patent Title (中): 乘客座位
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Application No.: US13432109Application Date: 2012-03-28
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Publication No.: US08827365B2Publication Date: 2014-09-09
- Inventor: Larry Richard Gaither , Timothy W. Terleski , Chirag Patel
- Applicant: Larry Richard Gaither , Timothy W. Terleski , Chirag Patel
- Applicant Address: US TX Gainesville
- Assignee: Zodiac Seats US LLC
- Current Assignee: Zodiac Seats US LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Gainesville
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Agent Tiffany L. Williams, Esq.; Dran W. Russell, Esq.
- Main IPC: A47C1/022
- IPC: A47C1/022 ; A47C1/032 ; B64D11/06 ; B60N2/66 ; B60N2/24

Abstract:
Describes are passenger seats including a seat pan assembly with a reclining mechanism, a seat back pivotally coupled to the aft end of the seat pan assembly, and a lumbar mechanism coupled to the seat back and/or the seat pan assembly. As examples, the seat pan assembly includes at least one track having a reclining path and a sleeper path, and a sleeper selection control configured to pull a diverter into a position substantially blocking the opening to the reclining path and to push the diverter into a position substantially blocking the opening to the sleeper path. In certain cases, the seat pan assembly also includes a tilting mechanism with a fixed component and a variable component adjustably engaged with each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120217779A1 PASSENGER SEAT Public/Granted day:2012-08-30
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