Patent ID: 8348195

Claim:
An array of aircraft sleeper seats, the seats being convertible between a sitting mode and a sleeping mode, the array of seats comprising: seats arranged for array in two columns along and in rows across an aircraft cabin, the columns being on respective sides of a longitudinal axis of the array; the seats having: respective central axes, as moveable parts, a head rest, a back rest, a seat cushion or pan and a leg rest; and an ottoman, the seats in both columns having their central axes angled with respect, to the longitudinal axis, and wherein the array including: at least one set of six of the seats having: three seats from one column on one side of the longitudinal axis, with a middle one of these three seats facing along the middle seat's angled central axis in one of: a direction in the one column inwards towards the longitudinal axis and a direction in the one column outwards therefrom and the others of these three seats facing along their angled central axes in the other of the said directions in the one column, the middle one of these three one-column seats, including the middle seat's ottoman, when in sleeping mode at least partially overlapping along the longitudinal axis of the array: at least at the middle seat's ottoman with at least the ottoman of one of the other two seats and at least at the middle seat's head rest with at least the head rest of the other of the other two seats, and three seats from the other column on the other side of the longitudinal axis, with a middle one of these three seats facing along the middle seat's angled central axis in one of: a direction in the other column inwards towards the longitudinal axis and a direction in the other column outwards therefrom and the others of these three seats facing along their angled central axes in the other of the said directions in the other column, the middle one of these three other-column seats, including the middle seat's ottoman, when in sleeping mode at least partially overlapping along the longitudinal axis of the array at least: at the middle seat's ottoman with at least the ottoman of one of the other two seats and at least at the middle seat's head rest with at least the head rest of the other of the other two seats.