Patent ID: 8459742

Claim:
A seating unit for an aircraft, comprising: at least two seats, wherein the seating unit comprises a platform for accommodating the at least two seats, the platform is configured to be mounted on at least one rail in a floor of the aircraft, wherein each seat is pivotably mounted to an individual corresponding plate for rotary movement about a vertical axis of rotation, via a pivoting means, and each plate is mounted to the platform via a translatory movement means, disposed between the plate and the platform, for a translatory movement of the plate in relation to the platform along a substantially horizontal direction, wherein the seating unit comprises immobilization means, disposed on the plates and the platform, for immobilizing each plate relative to the platform and for immobilizing each seat relative to its corresponding plate, and wherein the pivoting means pivots each seat more than 90° when the seat is moved along the substantially horizontal direction.