Recaro Aircraft Seating Gmbh & Co. Kg

Sven Achilles

Hartmut Schürg

Oliver Forgatsch

Hartmut Schurg

A seat, especially an airplane or vehicle seat, has a seat part placed on the stand-type seat structure () in relation to a base and provided with a bearing part () on its front side. The bearing part () is embodied in a flexible manner and can move in the direction of the seat structure () when a predefined seating load is exerted on it. When the load is discharged, it can move back into its initial position in the opposite direction from the seat structure (). This arrangement creates a seat whose front part is maintained in a flexible manner such that the front area of the seat part yields according to the seating load exerted by the seat user. The pressure forces are limited to the lower side of the upper thighs of the seat user. As a result, the cross-sections of the veins in that region are not reduced, but are maintained such that the circulation of the blood is not impeded, significantly reducing the risk of thrombosis.

Seat, especially an airplane or vehicle seat

A vehicle seat system, especially for aircraft, has seat components such as a backrest () and a seat part () bordered at least on one side by a console () forming the arm rest. An arm-like operating part () extends at least partially above the plane of the head of the seat occupant (), and has operating elements which are used at least in part to enhance comfort and/or suitable within the context of operation, especially flight operation, for this purpose. Because the arm-like operating part () forms a widening of the console () and extends forward proceeding from the area of the backrest () above the console () in an extension, and because the arm-like operating part () is configured as a rigid arched support, an aesthetically pleasing solution is obtained requiring little installation space, saving weight and providing a multifunction solution.

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