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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2009
Applicant:
Bobby Wayne Lawson, Walnut Cove, NC (US);
Inventor:
Bobby Wayne Lawson, Walnut Cove, NC (US);
Assignee:
BE Aerospace, Inc., Wellington, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A seat articulation mechanism including a seat pan member that travels along a pathway defined in a seat articulation linkage as the entire mechanism translates between an upright and sleeping configuration through a lounge configuration. The mechanism further includes main and secondary translation linkages, one of which is driven by a single actuator to drive the mechanism between the upright and sleeping configurations.