Britax Rumbold Limited

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James Akira Matsumiya

A vehicle seat, such as an aircraft passenger seat, has a seat back which is reclinable from a normal substantially vertical orientation, and a seat pan which is tiltable between a normal substantially horizontal orientation and a tilted orientation in which its front edge is lower than its rear edge. The seat pan has a rear portion adjacent to the seat back which is substantially horizontal when the main portion of the seat pan is in its tilted orientation.

Passenger seat

The seat pan of an aircraft passenger sleeper seat is mounted on a pivot axle for movement between a normal substantially horizontal position and a tilted position in which its front edge is lower than its rear edge. The seat back comprises a first portion which is mounted for angular movement between a substantially upright position and a reclined position, and a second portion mounted on a pivot axle for movement between an erect position in which it is substantially parallel to the first portion and a reclined position in which its upper edge is lower than when in its erect position. When the seat pan is tilted and the second portion of the seat back is reclined, their upper surfaces form a substantially plane support surface for a sleeping passenger.

A mirror for a motor vehicle comprises reflective means having a primary surface and a secondary surface, the reflective means being arranged to reflect light which is incident on its secondary surface. A layer on its primary surface adapted to change from a transparent state to a reflective state in response to application of a control signal so as to change the field of view or the intensity of the reflected image. In another form of the invention, the reflective means is arranged, when in a first state, to reflect light from a reflective surface having a first configuration adapted to provide a first field of view. The reflective means can be changed to a second state in which light is reflected from a reflective surface having a second configuration adapted to provide a second field of view differing from said first field of view.

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Gerrards Cross, United Kingdom

James Akira Matsumiya