Patent ID: 8720819
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B60N,B64D

Abstract:
1. A passenger seat, in particular an aircraft passenger seat, comprising: a seat part with a seat surface and a seat cushion, wherein the seat surface provides support for the seat cushion; a backrest, which is located on a backrest frame, wherein the backrest frame has a side rail member at each side of the backrest frame, the backrest is arranged between the side rail members, and the backrest has a backrest cushion, which is provided as a main support part for a back of a seat occupant; at least one support part, which is separate from the backrest cushion and the seat cushion and which provides support for a pertinent body part of the seat occupant, wherein the support part can be moved by tension elements relative to the backrest frame, the support part is a web that extends between the side rail members of the backrest frame, and the web is suspended at its upper end on the backrest frame, a lower end of the web, which is adjacent to the seat part, is engaged by the tension elements, a tensile force can be applied by the tension elements to the lower end of the web to pull the web forward, in a longitudinal direction of the seat surface, out of a position in which the web hangs down along the backrest and to adjust a tilt angle of the support part.