Arrangement or organization of seats inside the passenger area of vehicle

Claim 1

In a passenger aircraft of the type comprising a substantially cylindrical fuselage having a center axis and including a passenger area defined by a floor, side walls and front and back walls, an arrangement of seat assemblies disposed within said passenger area, said arrangement comprising: a plurality of said assemblies, wherein each of said assemblies comprises three contiguous seats including a middle seat and two end seats, each of said seats providing substantially the same individual sitting space for a passenger within said passenger area and having a vertical median plane extending through each said seat; wherein said seat assemblies are secured to said floor of said aircraft in said arrangement (1) so as to define at least one aisle, (2) so that the vertical median plane of each of said middle seats extends substantially parallel to or contains said center axis, and (3) so that the vertical median planes of said end seats of each assembly converge and substantially intersect in the vertical median plane of the corresponding middle seat of said assembly so that the vertical median planes of each of said end seats of each assembly form with the vertical median plane of the corresponding median plane of said middle seat substantially the same acute angle open towards the rear of said seat assembly, wherein said acute angle has a value less than about 15 degrees and more than about 5 degrees so that said arrangement makes more efficient use of said passenger area.