A slouching aircraft divan (100) transitions between discrete upright (100a), slouched (100b), and berthed (100c) configurations. The divan has a seatpan (108) including rollers (126) which travel along roller slots (128) in frame rails connecting the front (102) and rear (104) legs : from the upright configuration, the seatpan tracks forward and down to a midpoint (128b) corresponding to the slouched configuration and then forward and up to the berthed (128c) configuration. The back follower panel (120) tracks with the seatpan along backrest slots (132), curving rearward as it tracks down to allow the back follower panel to track maximally forward, and the seatpan and backrest cushions to berth flat and parallel to the floor. The divan uses one-way damping devices (152) to regulate the speed with which the seatpan tracks forward and down from the upright configuration to the slouched configuration and to provide a cushion when the seatpan tracking ends at the midpoint of the roller slot, when the slouched configuration is achieved.
SLOUCHING DIVAN WITH DAMPED MOTION
VERSTELLBARE SITZVORRICHTUNG MIT GEDÄMPFTER BEWEGUNG
DIVAN COULISSANT À MOUVEMENT AMORTI
22.06.2022
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT |