Patent ID: 8998138
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
1. A seating installation for a passenger vehicle, especially an aeroplane, said installation comprising a plurality of seat units, each seat unit having a back, two opposite sides and a seat defining a seat axis of the seat unit, the seat having a back-rest and a seat-pan; wherein the plurality of seat units are arranged in two adjacent files, each file defining a file axis, and the seat units in each file being oriented such that the seat axis of each seat unit subtends an acute angle with the respective file axis and being offset from one another along their respective seat axis to form at least one bay in each file behind the back of at least one seat unit and to one side of an adjacent seat unit in the same respective file, the seat units in the two respective files being staggered with respect to one another and the two files being disposed relative to one another such that at least one seat unit in each one of the files nests partially within a corresponding bay of the other file such that the seat units in the two respective files are arranged generally back-to-side with one another; and wherein each file comprises a succession of shields that are spaced along the respective file axis, the space between adjacent shields accommodating a respective seat of the file, the shields forming side screens for the seats, and the shields being configured and arranged such that a portion of at least one shield in each file extends between two adjacent shields in the other file and traverses the seat axis of a corresponding seat in the other file disposed between the two adjacent shields to form a rear screen for the corresponding seat.