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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1999
Paul Bentley, Gainesville, TX (US);
James Bridgeman, Kingston, OK (US);
Cal Stringer, Saugus, CA (US);
Lyn Arnold, Whitesboro, TX (US);
John McCollum, Gainesville, TX (US);
Keith Porter, Gainesville, TX (US);
Terry Ward, Lake Kiowa, TX (US);
Karl Baird, Camarillo, CA (US);
Weber Aircraft, Inc., Gainesville, TX (US);
Abstract
Multi-function, adjustable seats and methods and systems for their manufacture and utilization are disclosed. Such seats are especially, although not exclusively, designed for use in commercial aircraft in response to consumer requests for enhanced comfort during long-haul flights. In addition to providing rocking motion, the seats have bottoms whose lengths are adjustable and provide stowable tables adapted not only to permit vertical adjustment, but also to tilt out of a horizontal plane and latch in an as-tilted position to function as a rest for a book, magazine, computer, or other object. Digital control technology, including a touch screen or similar device, may be employed to actuate features of the disclosed seats.