Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited

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Simon Frederick Mills

Luke Miles

David Ferry

Adam Bernard Wells

Andrew Leslie Lawler

David Edward Starkey

Gary Doy

Paul Jenkins

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 clamp has first and second movable jaws and a catch mechanism having a movable detent arranged to engage with a locking element in a number of different positions dependent upon the degree of separation of the jaws. The tightening force to tighten the jaws is transmitted through the catch mechanism and an actuator may be used to both engage/release the catch mechanism and move the jaws to the open position.

Clamp arrangement

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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Simon Frederick Mills