Patent ID: 9327837
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A47B,B60N,B64D

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising an airplane cabin and a modular airplane seat unit, the modular airplane seat unit comprising (a) a seatback comprising an upper seatback portion and a lower seatback portion; (b) a seat bottom; and (c) a telescopic base disposed under the seat bottom and supporting the seat bottom, the telescopic base comprising a bottommost base unit and a plurality of collapsible base units; wherein the upper seatback portion is pivotally connected to the lower seatback portion and the lower seatback portion is pivotally connected to the seat bottom such that the upper seatback portion, lower seatback portion and seat bottom are configurable in a plurality of configurations, including a first configuration with the seatback disposed transverse to the seat bottom with the upper and lower seatback portions in alignment with one another, and a second configuration with the lower seatback portion folded atop the seat bottom and the upper seatback portion folded atop the lower seatback portion and with the seat bottom, lower seatback portion and upper seatback portion disposed in respective horizontal planes; and wherein the bottommost base unit and the plurality of collapsible base units of the telescopic base are configurable in a plurality of configurations including an extended configuration with each of the plurality of collapsible base units extending above the bottommost base unit a different distance, and a collapsed configuration with each of the plurality of collapsible base units collapsed and disposed within the bottommost base unit, wherein the airplane cabin comprises a floor with a storage space underneath the floor in which the modular airplane seat unit fits with the upper seatback portion, lower seatback portion and seat bottom in the second configuration and with the bottommost base unit and the plurality of collapsible base units in the collapsed configuration, and wherein the airplane cabin comprises a sliding cover that is movable between a closed position wherein the sliding cover covers an opening to the storage space in the floor and an open position wherein the sliding cover does not cover the opening such that the modular airplane seat unit can be fitted into the storage space with the upper seatback portion, lower seatback portion and seat bottom in the second configuration and with the bottommost base unit and the plurality of collapsible base units in the collapsed configuration.