Patent ID: 6669141
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: B60N,B64D

Abstract:
In a passenger cabin of a passenger transport aircraft that extends longitudinally along a longitudinal axis, is bounded by an outside cabin wall, and has passenger seats and at least a first aisle therein,an improvement wherein: said passenger seats comprise a single column of single-place individual seats arranged between said first aisle and said outside cabin wall closest to said first aisle; each one of said individual seats includes a seat bottom and a backrest arranged selectively tiltably reclinable relative to said seat bottom; each one of said individual seats is selectively adjustable between an upright seating configuration with said backrest relatively upright, and a reclined lying configuration with said backrest relatively downwardly reclined; each respective one of said individual seats is selectively rotatable about an individual rotation axis of said respective individual seat, independently of a directly neighboring other one of said individual seats, to be rotationally positioned in a relatively forward-facing orientation in which said individual seat faces relatively forward in said passenger cabin during take-off and landing phases of operation of said aircraft, and a relatively inwardly-turned orientation in which said individual seat faces relatively inwardly toward a centerline of said passenger cabin along said longitudinal axis during a cruise flight phase of operation of said aircraft; a sufficient space for a respective one of said individual seats to be adjusted to said reclined lying configuration is available only when said respective individual seat is respectively rotationally positioned in said relatively inwardly-turned orientation; and each one of said individual seats is directly adjacent to and directly accessible by a passenger from said first aisle, in both said relatively forward-facing orientation and said relatively inwardly-turned orientation.