Passenger seat arrangement
The present invention relates to an aircraft cabin having a longitudinal axis and comprising at least one aisle and an arrangement of seat units, a seat unit comprising, in particular, a seat provided with a base and a backrest as well as a foot area, the seat being movable between a sitting position and a lying position, the arrangement of seat units comprising: at least one rear group of two seat units, at least one front group of two seat units, each group of two seat units comprising a seat unit arranged on the side of the aisle and referred to as the “aisle-side seat unit” and a seat unit arranged on the side of a window and referred to as the “window-side seat unit”, each seat of a group of seat units having an axis forming a non-zero angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, such that the seats of each group are facing the aisle, a first passage for accessing the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the foot area and the seat of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group, and a second passage for accessing the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the aisle-side seat unit of the front group and the foot area of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group.
1. An aircraft cabin having a longitudinal axis and comprising at least one aisle and an arrangement of seat units, a seat unit comprising a seat provided with a seating surface and a backrest as well as a foot area, said seat being movable between a seating position and a bed position, said arrangement of seat units comprising:
at least one rear group of two seat units,
at least one front group of two seat units,
each group of two seat units comprising an aisle-side seat unit and a window-side seat unit,
characterized in that
each seat of a group of seat units having an axis forming a non-zero angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, so that the seats of each group face the aisle,
a first access passage to the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the foot area and the seating surface of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group, and
a second access passage to the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the aisle-side seat unit of the front group and the foot area of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group,
and in that there is a longitudinal overlap between at least a portion of the foot area of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group and at least a portion of the backrest of the aisle-side seat unit of the front group.
2. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a width of the second access passage is less than a width of the first access passage.
3. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that there is a longitudinal overlap between at least a portion of the foot area of the window-side seat unit of the rear group and at least a portion of the backrest of the window-side seat unit of the front group.
4. The aircraft cabin according to claim 3 , characterized in that the overlapping portion of the foot area with at least a portion of the backrest of the window-side seat unit of the front group is located between the two seat units of the front group.
5. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that the axes of the seats of the same group of seat units are parallel to each other.
6. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that the axes of the seats of the same group of seat units form a non-zero angle with respect to each other.
7. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that the seats of the same group of seat units are arranged side by side to each other.
8. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that the seats of the same group of seat units are longitudinally offset relative to one other.
9. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a partition separates the seats of the same group of seat units.
10. The aircraft cabin according to claim 9 , characterized in that the partition extends from a shell at the rear of the seats to a front edge of a seating surface of a seat.
11. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that an aisle-side seat unit comprises a retractable door so as to be able to selectively open or close the first access passage.
12. The aircraft cabin according to any one of the claim 1 , characterized in that a foot area is integrated into a console provided with an upper wall which can be used as a table and/or in a console provided with a storage cabinet.
13. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a seat unit comprises a display panel.
14. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a seat unit comprises at least one armrest.
15. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a seat unit comprises a meal flap movable between a deployed position and a stored position.
16. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that a transverse wall separates the front group of seat units and the rear group of seat units, said transverse wall extending from a wall of the aircraft cabin to the aisle.
17. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that the first access passage has a width of between 27.94 cm (11 inches) and 76.20 cm (30 inches).
18. The aircraft cabin according to claim 1 , characterized in that the second access passage has a width of between 10.16 cm (4 inches) and 27.94 cm (11 inches), the value of 27.94 cm (11 inches) being excluded.