Patent ID: 7156346

Claim:
An arrangement of individual seats for passengers in an aircraft, comprising a plurality of seats which can be converted into beds and disposed in rows, each row extending in the longitudinal direction of the aircraft, and each seat being oriented towards the front of the aircraft, characterized in that it comprises: first and second lateral groups of two contiguous rows, each group being disposed along a wall of the aircraft fuselage, the seats in one row of said first lateral group being offset longitudinally with respect to the seats in the other row of said first lateral group, and the seats in one row of said second lateral group being offset longitudinally with respect to the seats in the other row of said second lateral group, and a first central group of two contiguous rows, the seats in one row of said first central group being offset longitudinally with respect to the seats in the other row of said first central group, said first central group being separated from said first and second lateral groups by first and second gangways; each row of said first and second lateral groups defining, between two consecutive seats in each row, a first longitudinal pitch able to allow transverse passage for the passengers to one of said first and second gangways, and each row of said first central group defining, between two consecutive seats in each row, a second longitudinal pitch smaller than the first longitudinal pitch provided in the first and second lateral groups, and each seat is provided with a fixed separation shell substantially in an S shape, said shell comprising a first transverse wall extending behind said seat, a second transverse wall extending in front of an adjacent seat in a contiguous row, and a longitudinal wall extending between the two transverse walls.