Patent ID: 6209956
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: A47C,B60N,B64D

Abstract:
An aircraft accommodation unit comprising a seat and a cooperating unit different from the seat and positioned in front of the seat; the seat comprising;a back portion;a support for supporting said back portion to enable said back portion to be reclined between a substantially upright position and a substantially horizontal position, the degree to which said back portion is reclined being selectable by a user;a seating portion;a support for supporting said seating portion and arranged to allow said seating portion to move forward as said back portion is reclined and to move backward as said back portion is moved toward said upright position; anda leg support connected to move with said seating portion and positionable between a retracted position and an extended position forward of said seating portion;the cooperating unit having an elevated surface adapted for cooperation with the seat to define a sleeping surface;the seat and The cooperating unit being arranged so that with said back portion in said substantially horizontal position and said leg support in said extended position, said back portion, said seating portion, said leg support and said elevated surface of the cooperating unit together form a substantially flat and continuous surface constituting said sleeping surface.