Patent ID: 6402244
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B60N,B64D

Abstract:
An aircraft passenger seat, comprising:a one-part plastic shell seat part having a seating surface and a backrest; said seating surface having a front portion, a middle portion, and a rear portion, said middle portion defining a seating location for a passenger; a mounting frame having a positioner for changing a seating position, and a tilt axis about which said seat part is to be tilted in a reclined position, said tilt axis running through said middle portion of said seating surface causing the weight of a passenger to promote an uprighting of said seat part from said reclined position; said positioner having at least one lifting device hinged at one end to said mounting frame and at another end to said seat part in a region of said rear portion defining a main pressure point for a passenger in said reclined position; and said seating surface having an outer contour in said front portion, said outer contour extending initially upwardly starting from said tilt axis in direction of a front edge of said front portion and then extending downwardly.