Patent ID: 6059364
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A47C,B60N,B64D

Abstract:
A seating unit for an aircraft cabin, the seating unit comprising:a fixed housing;a seat with a back portion supported by and contained within the fixed housing, and a separate seating portion; anda trolley associated with the seating portion of the seat, the trolley comprising a member extending away from the seating portion to contact a supporting surface on which in use the seating unit is placed and thereby to support the seating portion, and driving means for driving the trolley to move the seating portion between a retracted position and an extended position, the seating portion and the back portion pivotally coupled such that as the seating portion is moved between the retracted and extended positions the back portion is caused to move between substantially upright and reclined positions while remaining substantially within the housing;wherein a substantially flat surface is formed by the back and seating portions when the back portion is in the reclined position and the seating portion is in the extended position.