Patent ID: 7946532

Claim:
A furniture unit in an aircraft which comprises: a seat having a front and a backrest; and a couch joined permanently and directly to a side of said seat, wherein: the squab of said couch is in the shape of a parallelogram defined by a front longitudinal edge and a rear longitudinal edge, both being angled forwards of said seat, with respect to the direction in which the front of said seat faces, and by a distal transverse edge and a proximal transverse edge, both parallel to said direction, said couch being joined to said seat by its proximal transverse edge; and the squab of said seat and the squab of said couch are located at the same level without any gap existing between the squab of said couch and the squab of said seat, in such a way that the squab of said couch and the squab of said seat together form a continuous surface suitable for use as a bed, said continuous surface comprising both a part of the squab of the couch and a part of the squab of the seat.