Patent ID: 9527592
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: B64D

Claim Text:
1. A passenger accommodation assembly for a passenger vehicle, the accommodation assembly configured as a column of at least two passenger seats, the column oriented parallel to an axis defining a forward and a backward direction, the column comprising at least: a first seat oriented to face toward the axis in a first direction not substantially parallel to the axis, the first seat convertible by a relative movement of elements of the first seat between a first sitting mode configured to support an occupant of the first seat in an upright seated position and a first bed mode in which elements of the first seat form at least part of a first sleeping surface configured to support an occupant of the first seat in a substantially prone position; a second seat positioned behind the first seat in a direction parallel the backward direction, the second seat oriented to face toward the axis in a second direction not substantially parallel to the axis, the second seat convertible by a relative movement of elements of the second seat between a second sitting mode configured to support an occupant of the second seat in an upright seated position and a second bed mode in which elements of the second seat form at least part of a second sleeping surface configured to support an occupant of the second seat in a substantially prone position, wherein when the first seat is in the first bed mode, the first sleeping surface is situated at a first height relative to a reference surface, wherein when the second seat is in the second bed mode, the second sleeping surface is situated at a second height relative to the reference surface, wherein the second height is different from the first height such that at least a portion of the second sleeping surface vertically overlaps with at least a portion of the first sleeping surface when the first seat is in the first bed mode and the second seat is in the second bed mode.