Patent ID: 7213882

Claim:
A seating unit for an aircraft cabin, the unit comprising a fixed housing having a front end and a rear end and containing a primary seat which comprises: a reclinable back arranged to recline between a substantially upright position and a substantially horizontal position in such a manner that it remains substantially within the fixed housing of the seating unit for the aircraft cabin when moved between said substantially upright position and said substantially horizontal position; a seating portion connected to the back and arranged to move forward to a forward position with the reclining of the back to allow the back to be reclined continuously between said substantially upright position and said substantially horizontal position; a leg rest connected to the seating portion and arranged to move between an extended position and a retracted position in which said leg rest is positioned such that it does not interfere with legs of an adult human seated on the primary seat; and driving means for effecting said reclining of the back, movement of the seating portion and movement of the leg rest; and wherein the seating portion, the back and the leg rest are arranged to co-operate to form a substantially flat surface when the back is in the substantially horizontal position, the seating portion is in the forward position and the leg rest is in the extended position, and wherein said leg rest is oriented substantially vertically when in said retracted position.