Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited

Gary Doy

Luke Miles

David Ferry

Adam Bernard Wells

Simon Frederick Mills

Andrew Leslie Lawler

David Edward Starkey

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

Seating system and passenger accommodation unit for a vehicle

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.

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Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Gary Doy