Patent ID: 7770966
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: B60N,B64D

Abstract:
1. A passenger seat assembly convertible between a three-seat configuration and a two-seat configuration, the passenger seat assembly comprising: (a) a seat assembly base; (b) first, second, and third seats mounted on the seat assembly base adjacent one another, each seat carrying a respective seat bottom and a respective seat back, the first and third seats defining outboard seats and the second seat defining an inboard seat disposed between the outboard seats, the seat back of the inboard seat defining a lower portion and an upper portion movably mounted to the lower portion, the upper portion being movable relative to the lower portion between two positions corresponding respectively to the three-seat configuration and the two-seat configuration, the seat bottom of the inboard seat being removable and repositionable on the seat assembly base between two positions corresponding respectively to the three-seat configuration and the two-seat configuration; and (c) a power console movably mounted on the seat assembly base between two positions corresponding respectively to the three-seat configuration and the two-seat configuration, the power console having at least one power outlet for supplying electrical power to an electronic device, (d) wherein the power console comprises a first plate, a second plate pivotally mounted to the first plate and a hinged brace for maintaining the first plate substantially parallel to the second plate when in the two-seat configuration.