Edgar Q Kinnier

US Patent:

20060006704, Jan 12, 2006

Filed:

Dec 9, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/008684

Inventors:

Trevor Skelly - Winston-Salem NC, US
James Penley - Pfafftown NC, US
Alexander Grauls - Couffouloeux, FR
Edgar Kinnier - Winston-Salem NC, US
Glenn Johnson - King NC, US
Michael Princip - Winston-Salem NC, US
Gary McKelvey - Dallas TX, US

Assignee:

BE AEROSPACE, INC. - Wellington FL

International Classification:

A47C 7/62

US Classification:

297188080

Abstract:

A passenger seat for a vehicle includes a seat bottom and a seat back mounted to a frame. The passenger seat includes at least one storage feature. One of the storage features may be a storage unit positioned underneath the seat bottom which is moveable between a first position in which the unit is readily accessible by a seated passenger, and a second position in which the unit is held upright or against the said seat bottom to reduce the intrusion of the unit into the under-seat space. Another storage feature may be a recess formed in the upper part of the seat bottom. The recess is covered by a moveable lid which forms part of the seating surface when closed.

US Patent:

20080061606, Mar 13, 2008

Filed:

Nov 16, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/941693

Inventors:

Trevor Skelly - Winston-Salem NC, US
James Penley - Pfafftown NC, US
Alexander Grauls - Couffouloeux, FR
Edgar Kinnier - Winston-Salem NC, US
Glenn Johnson - King NC, US
Michael Princip - Winston-Salem NC, US
Gary McKelvey - Dallas TX, US

Assignee:

BE AEROSPACE, INC. - Wellington FL

International Classification:

A47C 7/62

US Classification:

297188100

Abstract:

A passenger seat for a vehicle includes a seat bottom and a seat back mounted to a frame. The passenger seat includes at least one storage feature. One of the storage features may be a storage unit positioned underneath the seat bottom which is moveable between a first position in which the unit is readily accessible by a seated passenger, and a second position in which the unit is held upright or against a lower side of the seat bottom to reduce the intrusion of the unit into the under-seat space. Another storage feature may be a recess formed in the upper part of the seat bottom. The recess is covered by a moveable lid which forms part of the seating surface when closed.

US Patent:

20050151405, Jul 14, 2005

Filed:

Oct 13, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/964306

Inventors:

Mark Dowty - Rural Hall NC, US
Trevor Skelly - Winston-Salem NC, US
James Penley - Pfafftown NC, US
Alexander Grauls - Couffouloeux, FR
Edgar Kinnier - Winston-Salem NC, US
Glenn Johnson - King NC, US
Michael Princip - Winston-Salem NC, US
Gary McKelvey - Dallas TX, US

Assignee:

BE AEROSPACE, INC. - Wellington FL

International Classification:

B60N002/02

US Classification:

297317000, 297353000, 297343000

Abstract:

A passenger arrangement for a vehicle includes a plurality of seats each having a backshell, a seat back, and a seat bottom. The seat back and the seat bottom are selectively movable in a coordinated manner from an upright seating position to at least one alternate seating position. The seats are disposed within a vehicle separated by a selected pitch equal to or greater than about 71 cm and less than about 140 cm in a fore-and-aft direction, such that each passenger is allotted a preselected volume of living space defined between the backshell of the passenger's seat and the backshell of the seat immediately forward of the passenger's seat. The living space of each passenger remains fixed regardless of the seating position of any of the seats.