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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2023
B/e Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Krishna Chaitanya Prathipati, Hyderabad, IN;
Ravindra Ramulu Kandukuri, Secunderabad, IN;
Ganesh Pralhad Bawaskar, Hyderabad, IN;
B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A seat row including a plurality of seats supported by a seat frame. Each seat includes a seat pan, a backrest, and a backrest frame positioned in surrounding relation to the backrest. The backrest frame reclines with the backrest and deploys away from the backrest to a position overlaying the seat pan to provide a substantially horizontal surface for overlaying a mattress on the deployed backrest frames. In embodiments, the mattress stows in a folded condition in one of the seats and is retrieved from, fills, and expands to cover the deployed backrest frames to form a flat bed. In some embodiments, the seat row provides a provision for sleeping in an economy class cabin of an airliner.