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Passenger seat for a public transport vehicle, the seat including a video display which can be retracted into an armrest
Assignee: INDUSTRIELLE ET COMMERCIALE DE MARTERIEL AERONAUTIQUE Ste
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Filing: 1994-05-03
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Granted: 1996-08-20
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Expires: 2014-05-03
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a passenger seat for a public transport vehicle, in particular an aircraft, the seat including at least one armrest 1 and at least one individual video display 2 associated with the armrest 1, said seat being characterized in that the video display 2 is retractably mounted via a slot 3 provided in a top wall 4 of the front portion 5 of the armrest 1.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert R. Marechal
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 14:56
CPC Classifications
B; B64; B64D; B64D11/00; B64D11/06; B64D11/0693; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/75; B60N2/79
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
In a passenger seat for a public transport vehicle, the seat including at least one armrest (1) having a front portion (5) with a top wall (4) and at least one individual video display (2) associated with the armrest (1), the video display (2) being mounted via a hinged arm (6, 7) that is hinged to a base plate (8) guided inside a front portion (5) of the armrest (1) by two vertical guide columns (9, 10) extending in front of and behind the base plate (8); the improvement wherein the hinged arm (6, 7) includes a crank (6) having an end (14) and hinged to the base plate (8) about a vertical axis (13), and a connecting rod means (7) having two ends, one of which is hinged to the end (14) of the crank (6) about a horizontal axis, the other end of which is hinged to the video display (2) via its bottom portion (17), the video display (2) being retractably mounted via a slot (3) provided in a top wall (4) of the front portion (5) of the armrest (1).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
In a passenger seat for a public transport vehicle, the seat including at least one armrest (1) having a front portion (5) with a top wall (4) and at least one individual video display (2) associated with the armrest (1), the video display (2) being mounted via a hinged arm (6, 7) that is hinged to a base plate (8) guided inside a front portion (5) of the armrest (1) by two vertical guide columns (9, 10) extending in front of and behind the base plate (8); the improvement wherein the hinged arm (6, 7) includes a crank (6) having an end (14) and hinged to the base plate (8) about a vertical axis (13), and a connecting rod means (7) having two ends, one of which is hinged to the end (14) of the crank (6) about a horizontal axis, the other end of which is hinged to the video display (2) via its bottom portion (17), the video display (2) being retractably mounted via a slot (3) provided in a top wall (4) of the front portion (5) of the armrest (1).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
A seat according to claim 1, wherein the video display (2) is hinged to the end of the connecting rod means (7) about a horizontal axis (22) which is orthogonal to the hinge axis about which the connecting rod means (7) is hinged to the crank (6).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
78 words
A seat according to claim 1, wherein the base plate (8) is returned by resilient return means (23) to the top position in which the video display (2) is deployed outside of the armrest (1), and in that the seat includes in a block (30) secured to the base plate (8) a locking device (24, 25) for locking said base plate (8) in the bottom position in which the video display (2) is retracted inside the armrest (1).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A seat according to claim 3, wherein the locking device (24, 25) is a device which is both locked and unlocked by downward vertical pressure being exerted on the video display (2).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
58 words
A seat according to claim 3, wherein the locking device (24, 25) is constituted by a resilient tab (24) that is secured to the armrest (1) or to the base plate (8), which tab has a hook-shaped free end (29) that cooperates with an abutment surface (25) secured to the base plate (8) or to the armrest (1).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
A seat according to claim 1, wherein the video display (2) is mounted relative to the armrest (1) so as to come flush with the top wall (4) of the armrest (1) when the video display is in a retracted position inside the armrest.
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