Patent SG-11201903792P-A (SG)
Title: A passenger seating arrangement with a stowable armrest
Inventor: DRYBURGH IAN HAMILTON
IPC: B64D11/06
Filed: 2017-10-26
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 111111101111 0 DOI HIM 011101 0 011111H11111110011H11111111111111111111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0\" WO 2018/078375 Al 03 May 2018 (03.05.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, B64D 11/06 (2006.01) HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, (21) International Application Number: KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, PCT/GB2017/053233 MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (22) International Filing Date: SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, 26 October 2017 (26.10.2017) TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (25) Filing Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (26) Publication Language: English kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, (30) Priority Data: UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, 1618273.5 28 October 2016 (28.10.2016) GB TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FL FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, (71) Applicant: ACUMEN DESIGN ASSOCIATES LIMIT- MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, ED [GB/GB]; 24 St. John Street, Clerkenwell, London TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, EC1M 4AY (GB). KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (72) Inventor: DRYBURGH, Ian Hamilton; Acumen Design Associates Limited, 24 St. John Street, Clerkenwell, Lon- Published: don EC1M 4AY (GB). — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (74) Agent: ABEL & IMRAY; Westpoint Building, James Street West, Bath, Bath and North, East Somerset BA1 2DA — = (GB). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every = _ kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, = (54) Title: A PASSENGER SEATING ARRANGEMENT WITH A STOWABLE ARMREST (57) : A passenger seating arrangement (1) in an aircraft cabin, the — = — \" ..42 7 passenger seating arrangement comprising a column of seat units (Cl) adjacent an aisle. The column (C1) comprises a multiplicity of seat units, each consec- 25 27 7 13 utive seat unit alternates between: an inwardly-facing seat unit (11a) angled at = = 42 7 an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin; an outwardly-facing 26 -40°' ..t. 1 seat unit (lib) angled at the same acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the air- craft cabin but facing outwardly away from the aisle. Each seat unit comprises a foot-receiving end (25). The foot-receiving end of each inwardly-facing seat = = 23 23 L unit (11a) houses a retractable armrest (29) which is configurable between a = 22 , 27 stowed position, and a deployed position in which the armrest extends to one = = s 35 13 side away from the foot-receiving end, such that the armrest (29) provides an 42.7 ^ armrest surface for use by a passenger in the adjacent outwardly-facing seat = unit (1 lb). 13 . — 11 / 42.7° IN 25 v 21 GC Ir ----- © • --.... 26 z8 35 11 C1 I © ei Figure 1 C