A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, which is adapted to provide self-contained, individual seating and sleeping accommodation for a passenger, said seating assembly includes a supporting structure (42) for supporting said assembly off the floor of a vehicle; one or mor
A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, which is adapted to provide self-contained, individual seating and sleeping accommodation for a passenger, said seating assembly includes a supporting structure (42) for supporting said assembly off the floor of a vehicle; one or more movable, passenger-bearing, structural components (71,72); and means for connecting said movable, structural components to said structure such that said components can be selectively moved between a seat configuration, in which a plurality of passenger-bearing surfaces on said one or more structural, movable components (71,71) or said supporting structure form a seat for the passenger, and a bed configuration, in which a plurality of said bearing surfaces (47,48,67,74,76) are disposed substantially coplanarly and substantially contiguously to form a bed for the passenger; characterized in that at least one of said movable components (72) is double-sided, comprising first and second opposite sides, one of said sides having a first seat surface (73) that forms part of the seat in said seat configuration, and the other side having a second bed surface (74) that forms part of said bed in said bed configuration.
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1. A seating system for use in an airplane having at least one aisle extending in a same general direction as a longitudinal airplane axis and at least one seat track substantially parallel to the aisle, comprising: a plurality of seats arranged in a column adjacent to the aisle to define a longitud
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A seating system for use in an airplane having at least one aisle extending in a same general direction as a longitudinal airplane axis and at least one seat track substantially parallel to the aisle, comprising: a plurality of seats arranged in a column adjacent to the aisle to define a longitudinal column axis, each seat having a front end and a back end and further including a foot-rest at the front end of the seat, a reclinable back rest at the back end of the seat and a seat pan positioned between the foot-rest and the back rest, each seat having a seat axis extending from the front end to the back end and having a first sitting position and a second sleeping position wherein a substantially flat bed is formed;each of the plurality of seats mounted on a plinth secured to the seat track;each of the plurality of seats having an associated rear wall substantially parallel to the aisle and being positioned behind its associated seat;a plurality of screens, wherein each of the plurality of seats is associated with at least one screen, the at least one screen having a first end positioned adjacent to the rear wall of the associated seat to form a wall-screen corner and a second end positioned adjacent to the aisle to separate the associated seat from an adjacent seat;each seat having a space that is defined by a portion of its associated rear wall, a portion of its associated screen and the back end of the seat when in the sitting position; andwherein, in the second sleeping position, the substantially flat bed is formed with the foot-rest defining a first bed end and having an opposite second bed end that extends into the space. 2. The seating system of claim 1, wherein for each seat, its associated screen extends continuously from the rear wall to the aisle and adjacent the seat pan. 3. The seating system of claim 1, wherein each foot-rest is spaced apart from its associated seat pan. 4. The seating system of claim 1, wherein for each seat, its associated foot-rest is formed in the screen associated with the seat or the screen associated with the adjacent seat. 5. The seating system of claim 1, wherein the airplane includes a cabin formed by two opposing side walls and wherein the rear wall associated with a seat is a portion of one of the side walls of the airplane. 6. The seating system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of seats is positioned with the seat axis at an angle of about 45 degrees with respect to the longitudinal column axis. 7. The seating system of claim 1, wherein each screen extends substantially parallel to the seat axis along a majority of a length of the screen. 8. The seating system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of seats is at the same fixed angle. 9. The seating system of claim 1, wherein the substantially horizontal surface behind the back end of each seat is generally triangular or trapezoidal shaped. 10. The seating system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of seats is a subset of all seats on the airplane. 11. The seating system of claim 1, wherein the airplane includes a plurality of cabins separated by dividing walls that extend a majority of a width of the airplane, and wherein the plurality of seats includes a majority of seats in a cabin. 12. The seating system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of seats is positioned with the seat axis at an angle of between 40 and 50 degrees with respect to the longitudinal column axis. 13. The seating system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of seats being positioned with the seat axis at a fixed angle of between 30 and 60 degrees with respect to the longitudinal column axis for accommodating a passenger with the passenger's feet directed towards the aisle. 14. A seating system for use in an airplane having a longitudinal airplane axis with at least one aisle extending in a same general direction as the longitudinal airplane axis, comprising: a plurality of seats arranged in a column adjacent to the aisle to define a longitudinal column axis, each seat having a forward end and a rearward end, a back rest at the rearward end of the seat and a seat pan positioned between the forward end and the rearward end, each seat having a seat axis extending from the forward end to the rearward end and having a first sitting position and a second sleeping position wherein a substantially flat bed is formed;each of the plurality of seats having an associated rear wall substantially parallel to the aisle and being positioned behind its associated seat;a plurality of screens, wherein each of the plurality of seats is associated with at least one screen, the at least one screen having a first end positioned adjacent to the rear wall of the associated seat to form a wall-screen corner and a second end positioned adjacent to the aisle to separate the associated seat from an adjacent seat;each of the plurality of seats having a first surface positioned behind the rearward end of the seat, the first surface extending from the wall-screen corner towards the rearward end of the seat;each seat having a space that is defined by a portion of its associated rear wall, a portion of its associated screen and the rearward end of the seat when in the sitting position; andwherein, in the second sleeping position, the substantially flat bed is formed having a first bed end and having an opposite second bed end that extends into the space adjacent to the first surface. 15. The seating system of claim 14, wherein for each seat, its associated screen extends continuously from the rear wall to the aisle and adjacent the seat pan. 16. The seating system of claim 14, further including a foot-rest at the forward end of the seat. 17. The seating system of claim 14, wherein for each seat, its associated foot-rest is formed in the screen associated with the seat or the screen associated with the adjacent seat. 18. The seating system of claim 14, wherein the airplane includes a cabin formed by two opposing side walls and wherein the rear wall associated with a seat is a portion of one of the side walls of the airplane. 19. The seating system of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of seats is positioned with the seat axis at an angle of about 45 degrees with respect to the longitudinal column axis. 20. The seating system of claim 14, wherein each screen extends substantially parallel to the seat axis along a majority of a length of the screen. 21. The seating system of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of seats is at the same fixed angle. 22. The seating system of claim 14, wherein the space behind the rearward end of each seat is generally triangular shaped. 23. The seating system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of seats is a subset of all seats on the airplane. 24. The seating system of claim 14, wherein the airplane includes a plurality of cabins separated by dividing walls that extend a majority of a width of the airplane, and wherein the plurality of seats includes a majority of seats in a cabin. 25. The seating system of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of seats is positioned with the seat axis at an angle of between 40 and 50 degrees with respect to the longitudinal column axis. 26. The seating system of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of seats being positioned with the seat axis at a fixed angle of between 30 and 60 degrees with respect to the longitudinal column axis.
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