Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Passenger seat
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Application No.: US14455125Application Date: 2014-08-08
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Publication No.: US09656583B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Larry Richard Gaither , Timothy W. Terleski , Chirag Patel
- Applicant: Zodiac Seats US LLC
- 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 Dean W. Russell; Tiffany L. Williams
- Main IPC: B60N2/66
- IPC: B60N2/66 ; B64D11/06 ; B60N2/24 ; B60N2/02 ; B60N2/22 ; B61D33/00

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
- US20140346828A1 PASSENGER SEAT Public/Granted day:2014-11-27
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