Patent ID: 8087613

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a passenger seat assembly for an aircraft, the method comprising: designing a one-piece composite structural frame in concert with an airframe structure of the aircraft; forming the one-piece composite structural frame such that it comprises N seat subframes corresponding to N passenger seat locations; fabricating N comfort frame assemblies for the passenger seat assembly, each of the N comfort frame assemblies comprising a respective support frame and a respective fabric carrier, which defines a seating surface, coupled to the respective support frame; and coupling the N comfort frame assemblies to the one-piece composite structural frame to accommodate movement of the comfort frame assembly relative to the one-piece structural frame by a pivot mechanism, said pivot mechanism connected to said one-piece structural frame and said comfort frame wherein said pivot mechanism is configured to accommodate pivoting of the entire comfort frame assembly relative to the one-piece structural frame, said pivoting about an axis parallel to a width of the comfort frame directly adjacent to a floor portion of an airplane structure of said aircraft.