Patent ID: 6899397
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
1. A passenger seat with increased knee space for an aft-seated passenger, comprising: (a) a seat base for being attached to a supporting deck; (b) at least one stationary seat frame including a seal back and seat bottom carried by the seat base, wherein said seat back includes first and second spaced-apart aft-facing concave, inwardly-dished areas for accommodating the knees of an aft-seated passenger; (c) a unitary seating element, comprising: (d) at least one arm rest pivotally-mounted to the seat frame for pivotal movement between: (e) the arm rest being mounted on the seat frame at a point forward of said inwardly-dished areas and above a point defined by the seat bottom such that the knees of an aft-seated passenger can occupy space behind the arm rest and within respective ones of said inwardly-dished areas.