Patent ID: 7976101

Claim:
An airplane seating apparatus, comprising: a seat including a seat surface; a backrest; a seat front end, which is located at an opposite end of the seat from the backrest; at least three fastening points, which support the seating apparatus on a floor and together define a seat mounting surface; a front boundary plane, wherein the front boundary plane is perpendicular to the seat mounting surface and adjacent an edge of the seat front end, and wherein the backrest is located on a rear side of the front boundary plane; and a lifejacket container arranged on the rear side of the front boundary plane in both an open state and in a closed state, wherein the life jacket container comprises: a storage unit having a lid-receiving recess, an opening unit including an opening through which a lifejacket can be removed from the storage unit, a cut-out, and a strip having one end fastened to an inside of the storage unit and another end extending out of the storage unit to an outside through the cut-out, a lid including a lid fastening unit for closing the opening of the opening unit; and when the other end of the strip is pulled, the lid is removed from the storage unit exposing the opening, and then the lid arranged in the lid-receiving recess in the open state of the lifejacket container.