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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2018
United Airlines, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Richard Peter John Nicholas, London, GB;
Ian Hamilton Dryburgh, London, GB;
John David Henry McKeever, London, GB;
UNITED AIRLINES, INC., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A passenger seating arrangement for use in an aircraft cabin, the passenger seating arrangement comprising a column of seat units arranged in an inwardly facing herringbone. Each seat unit is configurable between a seating configuration and a flat-bed configuration. Each seat unit has an access opening for accessing the respective seat unit. At least one of the seat units is configurable into a disabled-access configuration in which an access opening is temporarily widened by moving part of a foot-receiving structure, for enabling a disabled passenger to access the seat unit.