B/e Aerospace, Inc.

Aditya Sharma

Ravindra Ramulu Kandukuri

Krishna Chaitanya Prathipati

A row of passenger seats convertible to a bed. The row includes a frame assembly supporting a plurality of laterally adjacent passenger seats. In embodiments, each seat includes a backrest having a first portion and a second portion movable relative to the first portion, a seat pan movable between a first position for seating and a second position for sleeping, and at least one link connecting the second portion of the backrest to the seat pan such that the second portion of the backrest tracks with the seat pan. In use, the second portion of the backrest resides in a plane of the backrest when the seat pan is in the first position, and resides in a plane of the seat pan when the seat pan is in the second position. In embodiments, the row provides a provision for sleeping in an economy class cabin of an airliner when occupancy permits seat row conversion.

Row of passenger seats convertible to a bed

A passenger seating arrangement including contiguous rows configured to form a bed. Each passenger seat in the first row includes a deployable bed extension. In use, each deployed bed extension resides in a plane of a seat pan in an aft positioned row. At least one support deploys relative to its respective seat pan to support the deployed bed extension, for instance from below. In embodiments, a bifold cushion carried on the seat pan in the aft row unfolds to be positioned atop the deployed bed extension to form a bed. In embodiments, each of the contiguous rows includes at least three seats, wherein each seat is independently configured to form a portion of the bed.

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Bengaluru, India

Aditya Sharma