Passenger seat and passenger seating system having a flexible seating arrangement for means of passenger transport

• Main Authors: SCHOMACKER, LARS, QUATMANN, FRANK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 17.12.2014
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A folding passenger seat (1) and a corresponding passenger seating system (3) for means of passenger transport (5) are provided. The folding passenger seat (1) comprises a seat frame (7), on which a front seat leg (9) having a first fastening element (13) and a rear seat leg (11) having a second fastening element (15) are arranged. The first fastening element (13) and the second fastening element (15) are configured to be connected to rails (41) on a cabin floor (45) of the means of passenger transport (5) and to be displaced in the rails (41). A first joint element (17) is arranged between the first fastening element (13) and the second fastening element (15) such that a spacing (19) between the first fastening element (13) and the second fastening element (15) is variable. In particular, the first joint element may be arranged between the front seat leg (9) and the seat frame (7) or between the rear seat leg (11) and the seat frame (7). In this way, the folding passenger seat (1) may be transformed from a usable state (23) into a stored state (21), in which the space requirement of the folding passenger seat (1) is minimised.