Patent ID: 9550573
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B60N,B64D

Claim:
1. An aircraft cabin having a floor and a longitudinal axis, in which cabin there are installed a plurality of seat units including first and second seat units in a first row of seat units and a third seat unit in a second row of seat units, wherein each seat unit includes a seat and a console adjacent to the seat, the seat being configurable between a bed mode and a seat mode, the cabin includes an aisle extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, the first and second seat units are separated by the aisle, there being a first aisle-width-value equal to the shortest distance between the first and second seat units at any height less than a first distance from the floor, there being a second aisle-width-value equal to the shortest distance between the first and second seat units at any height greater than the first distance from the floor, the first aisle-width-value is less than the second aisle-width-value, the seats of each of the first, second and third seat units all face in the same direction, said direction being inclined to the longitudinal axis by a seat offset angle, the console of the first seat unit is directly adjacent to the aisle and accommodates a foot-well for use by a passenger in the seat of the third seat unit, at least a part of the console of the first seat unit, in a region no higher than the first distance from the floor, extends further into the aisle than the rest of the first seat unit in a region higher than the first distance from the floor, and each seat unit includes an arm-rest surface for use by a passenger in the seat of the seat unit, the arm-rest surface overhanging a region aft of the foot-well defined by the console of the seat unit.