Passenger seating 110 (preferably business or first class seating for aircraft, train, bus or boat) comprising at least one row of seats with at least one seat 12 located beside a partition assembly 22 comprising a partition wall 24 at a side of the seat (e.g. forming a vertical barrier), the wall 24 including an opening 25 and a screen 26 that is slidably movable with respect to the wall between open and closed states in which the opening is exposed and closed by the screen respectively. The partition wall may be located at the end of a seat row, or alternatively between two seats wherein an occupant can open the screen to interact with adjacent passenger, or close the screen for privacy. The partition wall may extend to at least the height of a seat top. The screen panel may comprise rollers, wheels or rails and be actuated e.g. hydraulically, pneumatically, electrically powered or biased by compression spring or gas spring to move into closed or open states. Locking apparatus (50, figure 12) may be operable to prevent or allow screen movement. The screen may extend telescopically and fit around or within an upper portion of the partition wall.
Passenger seating with partition assembly
2018-04-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet / B61D Einzelheiten oder Arten des Wagenaufbaus von Eisenbahnfahrzeugen , BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |