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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2002
Tommy G. Plant, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Randy Penley, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Trevor B. Skelly, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
B E Aerospace, Inc., Wellington, FL (US);
Abstract
A passenger seat assembly convertible between a two-seat configuration and a three-seat configuration, and including a seat assembly base and first, second and third seats for carrying respective seat bottom and seat back cushions, the first and third seats defining outboard seats and the second seat defining a center seat. First and second armrests are mounted between the first and third outboard seats on opposing sides of the center seat and are moveable between an upright use position and a retracted storage position above the seat bottom of the center seat. A tray table is mounted for movement between a raised retracted position wherein a bottom surface of the tray table defines at least a portion of the seat back of the center seat, and a lowered use position wherein the tray table resides above the seat bottom of the center seat to provide additional seating space and a tray table for the occupants of the outboard seats.