Patent ID: 9580174
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B64D

Claim:
1. Seating unit ( 1 ), in particular for aircrafts' economy class, comprising a substantially rigid fixed shell ( 4 ) having a rear portion( 41 ) and a lower portion ( 42 ), a support structure ( 9 ), a backrest ( 2 ) having an upper part ( 21 ) and a lower part ( 22 ), a headrest portion ( 7 ) arranged on said upper part ( 21 ) of said backrest ( 2 ), and a seat ( 3 ) constrained in rotation to said lower part ( 22 ) of said back rest ( 2 ), said backrest ( 2 ) and said seat ( 3 ) being contained within said shell ( 4 ), said seating unit ( 1 ) being characterized in that said backrest ( 2 ) and said seat ( 3 ) make a movement, substantially within said shell ( 4 ) without invading the space of a rear seating unit of a rear row, between a retracted position, that is with said backrest ( 2 ) in a substantially vertical position and said seat ( 3 ) in a substantially horizontal position, and a slightly extended position, that is with said backrest ( 2 ) in a substantially slanted position and said seat ( 3 ) in a substantially slanted position, with the front part of said seat ( 3 ) inclined downward according to a forward direction and wherein said fixed shell ( said seat ( said seat ( said seating unit (