Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited

David Ferry

Luke Miles

Adam Bernard Wells

Simon Frederick Mills

Andrew Leslie Lawler

David Edward Starkey

Gary Doy

Simon Pengelly

Nikki Lusardi

Luke Neil Pearson

Nathan David Sparshott

Edward Alexander Parkinson-Bates

Tom Zachery Lloyd

Andrew Vernall

Edward Parkinson-Bates

Christopher Vernall

Gareth Godfrey Southall

Paul Lawrie Edwards

A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, which is adapted to provide self-contained, individual seating and sleeping accommodation for a passenger, said seating assembly includes a supporting structure () for supporting said assembly off the floor of a vehicle; one or more movable, passenger-bearing, structural components (); and means for connecting said movable, structural components to said structure such that said components can be selectively moved between a seat configuration, in which a plurality of passenger-bearing surfaces on said one or more structural, movable components () or said supporting structure form a seat for the passenger, and a bed configuration, in which a plurality of said bearing surfaces () are disposed substantially coplanarly and substantially contiguously to form a bed for the passenger; characterized in that at least one of said movable components () is double-sided, comprising first and second opposite sides, one of said sides having a first seat surface () that forms part of the seat in said seat configuration, and the other side having a second bed surface () that forms part of said bed in said bed configuration.

Seating system and a passenger accommodation unit for a vehicle

A seating installation for a passenger vehicle, especially an aeroplane, the installation comprising a plurality of seat units, each seat unit having a back, two opposite sides and comprising a seat, which seat has a back-rest and a seat-pan and defines a longitudinal seat axis. The plurality of seat units are arranged in two adjacent files, each file defining a file axis, and the seat units in each file being oriented such that the axis of each seat unit subtends an acute angle with the respective file axis and being offset from one another along their respective seat axes to form at least one bay in each file behind the back of at least one seat unit and to one side of an adjacent seat unit in the same respective file, the seat units in the two respective files being staggered with respect to one another and the two files being disposed relative to one another such that at least one seat unit in each one of the files nests partially within a corresponding bay of the other file such that the seat units in the two respective files are arranged generally back-to-back with one another; and wherein each file comprises a succession of shields that are spaced along the respective file axis, the space between each pair of adjacent shields accommodating a respective seat of the file, the shields forming side screens for the seats, and the shields being configured and arranged such that a portion of at least one shield in each one of the files extends between two adjacent shields in the other file to form a rear screen for a corresponding seat in said other file disposed between the two adjacent shields.

Seating installation for a passenger vehicle

Seating system and passenger accommodation unit for a vehicle

Aircraft seat

Aircraft seating configuration

Headrest

A recliner seat assembly for a passenger vehicle. The recliner seat assembly includes a fixed supporting portion for supporting the assembly off a floor of the vehicle, a reclinable seat portion having a seat-pan and a back-rest, and a seat connecting device adapted for connecting the seat portion to the supporting portion. The connecting device includes a seat reclining mechanism adapted for allowing and controlling translational movement of the seat portion relative to the supporting portion between a first upright position and a second fully reclined position. The connecting device further includes a selectively operable, bi-directional motor adapted for driving the seat portion between the first and second positions. The seat reclining mechanism includes a guiding device for reclining the back-rest progressively rearwardly relative to the supporting portion as the seat portion is moved from the first upright position to the second fully reclined position.

A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, which is adapted to provide self-contained, individual seating and sleeping accommodation for a passenger, said seat assembly comprising: supporting structure () for supporting said assembly off the floor of a vehicle; one or more movable passenger-bearing, structural components (); and means for connecting said movable, structural components to said structure such that said components can be selectively moved between a seat configuration, in which a plurality of passenger-bearing surfaces on said one or more structural, movable components () or said supporting structure form a seat for the passenger, and a bed configuration, in which a plurality of said bearing surfaces () are disposed substantially coplanarly and substantially contiguously to form a bed for the passenger; characterised in that at least one of said movable components () is double-sided, comprising first and second opposite sides, one of said sides having a first seat surface () that forms part of the seat in said seat configuration, and the other side having a second bed surface () that forms part of said bed in said bed configuration.

A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, which is adapted to provide self-contained, individual seating and sleeping accommodation for a passenger, said seating assembly including a supporting structure () for supporting said assembly off the floor of a vehicle; one or more movable, passenger-bearing, structural components (); and means for connecting said movable, structural components to said structure such that said components can be selectively moved between a seat configuration, in which a plurality of passenger-bearing surfaces on said one or more structural, movable components () or said supporting structure form a seat for the passenger, and a bed configuration, in which a plurality of said bearing surfaces () are disposed substantially coplanarly and substantially contiguously to form a bed for the passenger; characterized in that at least one of said movable components () is double-sided, comprising first and second opposite sides, one of said sides having a first seat surface () that forms part of the seat in said seat configuration, and the other side having a second bed surface () that forms part of said bed in said bed configuration.

Airplane seating unit

A passenger accommodation cabin for a vehicle, particularly an aircraft includes a wall defining a passenger accommodation area; a plinth disposed substantially at floor level and adapted to support a mattress within the accommodation area to provide at least one substantially flat bed; a false floor that is selectively movable between a deployed position in which the false floor at least partially covers the mattress and a retracted position for allowing use of the bed; and a seating system having at least one seat and associated supporting structure for supporting the seat within the accommodation area generally above the mattress.

Passenger accommodation cabin for a vehicle

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