ARMREST ARRANGEMENTS IN CONVERTIBLE AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SEATING

摘要

An aircraft passenger seating unit providing seats for two or more passengers abreast which is convertible to provide different widths of seats by moving seat parts laterally with respect to one another between two configurations, wherein the seats are defined by an end armrest (4, 5) at each side of the unit and by a pair of intermediate armrests (6, 7, 8, 9) between the or each pair of adjacent seats and lost-motion devices move the intermediate armrests apart when the unit is moved to the configuration providing wider seats and enable them to be moved together when the unit is moved to the configuration providing narrower seats. The lost-motion devices may be headed rods.