Patent ID: 8011723

Claim:
A seat for an aircraft cabin, comprising: a backrest, having a front surface for supporting a passenger in a seating position when the backrest is in an upright position, and having a rear surface; a seat base upon which a passenger is seatable; a rear seat section behind the backrest when the backrest is in the upright position, the rear seat section having an open space which has a base, and a footwell closed to the open space beside the open space; a fixed side ottoman located beside the seat base and extending in front of the seat base, the side ottoman having a front portion, the front portion of the side ottoman being locatable within a front footwell of another said seat in front of said seat; the backrest being pivotally mounted for movement from the upright position to a flat position so the base of the open space, the rear surface of the backrest when in the flat position and the side ottoman form a bed configuration; and the base, the rear surface of the backrest and the front portion of the ottoman form a substantially flat surface when the seat is in the bed configuration.