Patent ID: 7178871

Claim:
An aircraft seating unit, the seating unit comprising a pair of seats facing in opposite directions with each seat comprising a seating space for receiving a seated body of a human occupant and an extension space in which legs of the occupant may be placed, the seats being positioned each side of a longitudinal axis of the seating unit with the seating space of one extending over the longitudinal axis at the extension space of the other; wherein either of said seats has a seat axis substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis and each seat comprises a back portion and a seating portion, said seating portion being movable with said back portion to allow said back portion to move between an upright position that is substantially perpendicular to a floor of an aircraft and a fully reclined position, wherein when said back portion is moved to said fully reclined position, said seating portion and said back portion extend substantially along a horizontal plane such that said seating portion and said back portion together form a substantially flat surface.