Patent ID: 7798446
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: B60N,B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A seat unit for an aircraft cabin having a longitudinal direction, comprising: a back shell, a seat base, and a seat back, wherein the seat back is mounted to pivot at a junction with the seat base and is foldable at the junction between an upright seat position and a fold-forward bed position in which the seat back lies on top of the seat base, and wherein the back shell includes a first part that defines an inner recess for at least a head of a passenger in the seat unit and a second part that defines an outer recess for the feet of a passenger behind the seat unit, wherein the first part and the second part are adjacent each other in a lateral direction and the second part is relatively closer to the seat base than the first part in a longitudinal direction.