Patent ID: 11939064
Assignee: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 19:
20. The reclining seat of claim 11, further comprising a cushion extending over the seat back and the seat bottom and the leg support, the cushion having a uniform thickness along an entire longitudinal length of the cushion wherein:
wherein the upper surface of the arm support is coplanar with the upper surface of the cushion when the seat assembly is in the flat configuration
the upper surface of seat back, the upper surface of the seat bottom, the upper surface of the leg support, and the upper surface of the arm support are each parallel to one another and canted at an angle of less than ten degrees with respect to the floor surface when the seat assembly is in the flat configuration,
wherein the arm support is pivotally coupled with both the seat bottom and the seat back,
wherein the arm support moves towards an aft portion of the seat assembly as the seat assembly moves to the flat configuration, and
wherein an aft end of the arm support remains continuously in contact with the back support as the seat assembly moves between the upright configuration and the flat configuration.