American Telephone and Telegraph, Co.

At&t Information Systems Inc.

Falcon Jet Corporation

Arthur H Gilmore

Norman W Petty

Chris G Johnson

Thomas J Tierney, Jr

Barbara A Seelye

James M Ryan

Henry J Mack

Enrique Alie

Communications workstation

There is disclosed auxiliary airplane seats which include a containment unit or housing having located therein a vertically movable seat back member provided on each side with a linkage including a guide pin which is guided in a guide located on the back panel of the containment unit. A seat bottom member provided on each side with a member having a slot which forms a track and which is movable vertically and horizontally is also disposed in the containment unit. The seat bottom member is guided on pins located on the side panels of the containment unit or housing and which pins are disposed in the slots of the members provided on the sides of the seat bottom of the track is also disposed in the containment unit. The vertical movement of the back member and vertical and horizontal movement of the seat bottom member may be assisted by a ring reel provided with a cable attached to the back member and to the ring reel.

Auxiliary airplane seats

An assembly for disposing passenger compartment air outlet and reading light units in either a first exposed orientation or a second hidden orientation includes a utility unit, providing unit support means and actuating means linked via linkage means to pivoting unit support means, the actuating means actuating the linkage means to dispose the unit supporting means in either an exposed or hidden orientation about a pivot point. In the exposed orientation, the utility unit may provide light or air functions to the passenger depending on the utility provided within the supporting means. In the hidden orientation, the respective air or light unit is hidden from the view of the passenger and a substantially contiguous surface of the unit supporting means is instead presented.

Air and light utility assemblies

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New York, NY, United States of America

Arthur H Gilmore