Patent ID: 8002350
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: B60N,B64D

Abstract:
1. A passenger seat assembly convertible between a three-seat configuration and a two-seat configuration, the passenger seat assembly comprising: (a) a seat assembly base; (b) first, second, and third seats mounted on the seat assembly base adjacent one another, each seat carrying a respective seat pan and a respective seat back, each seat pan carrying a respective seat bottom, the first and third seats defining outboard seats and the second seat defining an inboard seat disposed between the outboard seats; and (c) a power console movably mounted on the seat assembly base between two positions corresponding respectively to the three-seat configuration and the two-seat configuration, the power console having at least one power outlet, (d) wherein the power console comprises a first plate, a second plate pivotally mounted to the first plate and a hinged brace for maintaining the first plate substantially parallel to the second plate when in the two-seat configuration.