Patent ID: 9216826
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
1. A passenger seating arrangement for an aircraft cabin, the passenger seating arrangement comprising: a first column not positioned adjacent an aisle, the first column comprising a plurality of first seats, each of the plurality of first seats having a first seat back and a first seat bottom and defining a first longitudinal axis; and a second column positioned adjacent an aisle and the first column, the second column comprising a plurality of second seats, each of the plurality of second seats having a second seat back and a second seat bottom and defining a second longitudinal axis; wherein the first column and the second column each comprise a third longitudinal axis that is approximately parallel with a longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin; wherein each of the plurality of first seats is positioned such that the first longitudinal axis forms an angle with the third longitudinal axis that is between about 1° and about 44°; wherein each of the plurality of second seats is positioned such that the second longitudinal axis forms an angle with the third longitudinal axis that is between about 1° and about 44°; wherein each of the plurality of second seats is movable between a non-reclined position and a fully reclined position; wherein each of the plurality of first seats has aisle access through a space defined between two of the plurality of second seats when the second seat facing the space is in the non-reclined position; and wherein each of the plurality of first seats has aisle access by stepping over a leg rest when the second seat facing the space is in the fully reclined position.