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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2007
James Randy Penley, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Lars Kroeplin, Frankfurt, DE;
Joachim Gustav Voigt, Nidderau, DE;
James Randy Penley, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Lars Kroeplin, Frankfurt, DE;
Joachim Gustav Voigt, Nidderau, DE;
BE Aerospace, Inc., Wellington, FL (US);
Abstract
A seat bottom assembly for a passenger seat includes a flexible support panel having a left portion and a separate right portion, and a structural support member underlying the support panel. The structural support member is selectively moveable between a first, forward position in which the seat bottom assembly has a nominal length in a longitudinal direction, and a second, rearward position in which a forward portion of the support panel folds downward over the structural support member such that at least a portion of the seat bottom assembly has an effective length less than the nominal length. The effective length of the left portion and the right portion of the seat bottom assembly can be independently varied.