Patent ID: 8376462

Claim:
An aircraft seat comprising: a seat bottom frame having a side; a seat translation and rotation mechanism attached to the seat bottom frame allowing at least one of translation and rotational movement of the seat bottom frame; at least one armrest removably attached to the side of the seat bottom frame, the armrest comprising: a seat control mounted to an outside of the armrest; at least one armrest bracket disposed on the armrest, wherein the armrest bracket has a plurality of bracket holes; a seat frame slot extending through the seat bottom frame from a first side of the seat bottom frame to a second side of the seat bottom frame, the seat frame slot configured to receive the armrest bracket, wherein the seat frame slot has a seat frame hole; and a fastener engaging the armrest bracket and the seat bottom frame by passing consecutively through the seat frame hole and one of the plurality of bracket holes to attach the armrest to the seat bottom frame, wherein the bracket holes are separately alignable with the seat frame hole and each bracket hole determines a different distance from the armrest to the seat bottom, and wherein the fastener is a pin.