COMFORTABLE SEATING ARRANGEMENTS WITH EASY ACCESS

摘要

A seating arrangement with improved seating comfort. In one embodiment, the seating arrangement is for a transportation vehicle. The arrangement includes seats at least having two levels adjacent to single-level seats. The multi-level seats include at least a bottom row of seats and a top row of seats. In one embodiment, the bottom row seats are on a floor; and there is an imaginary horizontal plane that is parallel to the floor, and that at least a part of the top row seats and at least a part of the bottom row seats intersect. The single-level seats include at least two rows, with at least one seat in each row being adjacent to the aisle, to allow passengers to access the single-level seats. In another embodiment, a seating arrangement includes only multi-level seats. In yet another embodiment, a computer-implemented method is applicable to the seats, such as allowing the display of a visual representation of a top-row seat and a bottom-row seat.

主权项

1. A seating arrangement of a transportation vehicle comprising:
lower level seats including a lower aisle seat and a lower interior seat, with the lower aisle seat being closer to an aisle than the lower interior seat; and upper level seats including an upper aisle seat and an upper interior seat, with the upper aisle seat being closer to the aisle than the upper interior seat, wherein the aisle allows passengers to access both the upper and the lower level seats, wherein the upper level seats are staggered with respect to the lower level seats, wherein at least each of the upper level seats has a seat back configured to be reclined when the seat is in its resting position, wherein the lower interior seat is configured to be slidable at least backwards, to create a space to allow a passenger in the lower interior seat to access the aisle from behind the lower aisle seat, even when the seats in the upper level are in their resting position, and wherein there is a space in front of each upper level seat to allow passengers in the upper level seats to access the aisle so that a passenger in the upper interior seat can access the aisle without requiring any passenger in the upper aisle seat to stand up.