Patent ID: 8297554

Claim:
An arrangement comprising: a passenger seat having a backrest movably mounted on a pedestal; and a flight attendant seat having an upper part and a lower part divided by a pivot device and having a seat surface, wherein the passenger seat is mounted on a floor using the pedestal and wherein the flight attendant seat is mounted to the floor using the lower part such that the distance between the lower part of the flight attendant seat and the pedestal is permanently defined by a fixed distance; wherein the passenger seat and the flight attendant seat are adapted to be transferred from a first mode of operation into a second mode of operation; wherein during the first mode of operation, the passenger seat is configured to accommodate a first person thereon and the flight attendant seat is configured to accommodate a second person thereon by having the seat surface thereof extended parallel to the floor; wherein for the transition of the passenger seat and the flight attendant seat from the first mode of operation into the second mode of operation the backrest of the passenger seat is movable in the direction of the flight attendant seat; wherein during the second mode of operation, the upper part of the flight attendant seat is movable to free a space above the lower part of the flight attendant seat to receive the backrest of the passenger seat; and wherein in the second mode of operation the seat surface of the flight attendant seat is folded parallel to the upper part of the flight attendant seat.