Patent ID: 8616643
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
1. An aircraft passenger seat comprising a seat back, a seat pan and a frame, the seat being positionable in each of an upright configuration, a reclined configuration in which the sear back is reclined relative to the upright configuration and a substantially flat configuration in which the seat back and the seat pan form a substantially flat and continuous surface, wherein the seat back is guided so as to recline as the seat back moves forward relative to the frame, the seat back being connected to the seat pan by: a. a pivotal connection between the seat back and the seat pan; and b. a mechanism for governing the angle between the seat back and the seat pan as the seat back reclines, wherein the mechanism includes a torque member connected to a rearward end of the seat pan and arranged to rotate relative to the seat pan as the seat back approaches the substantially flat configuration, so as to lift the rearward end of the seat pan so that the seat pan assumes a substantially horizontal position.