Patent ID: 8419123

Claim:
An aircraft seat convertible to a bed comprising: a seat having: a squab and a backrest, both being movable and a mechanism for moving the squab and the backrest, the mechanism having: a seat chassis, via which the seat can be fixed to a floor, a first linear runner beam mounted on the seat chassis, a seat frame sub-frame bearingly mounted on the first linear runner beam, linear drive means for extending and retracting the sub-frame on the first linear runner beam with respect to the seat chassis between a retracted position and an extended bed position, a pan for the squab pivotally mounted on the sub-frame, pan angle drive means for pivoting the pan between a back dropped TTL position and a bed position, a support for the back rest hinged to the pan and back drive means for moving the back rest support between a back up TTL position and a bed position.