Worldwide aircraft maker Airbus applies for a novel patent that puts seats in an overhead dead space

It became clear that Airbus, a worldwide aircraft manufacturer, applied for a new "middle two-story two-stage seat design" patent that fundamentally reverses the seat design in existing aircraft.

United States Patent Application: 0150274298
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You can easily understand what kind of seating "middle 2nd floor two-level seating design" is by looking at the image illustration in the application material published on the official page of the US Patent and Trademark Office. As shown in the illustration below, a seat at the same height as a regular seat and "middle second floor seat" installed at a slightly higher position than a normal seat rather than a full second floor seat are combined to "middle 2 It is likely to become a floor two-stage seat design ".


This new middle second floor conceived by Airbus designers is expected to be placed only in the middle row of advanced class rooms such as business class. Speaking of why only the central row, because there is room in the height for the central space than the left and right ends inside the room. By arranging alternately the seats of the same height as other seats and the middle second floor seats installed at the height of about half of the seat from the floor, more seats can be secured. In addition, it seems that a stairway or ladder will be installed in front of the middle second floor seat to seat.


The second floor seat of this was designed by Airbus designer of Hamburg, Germany and has been patented by the US Patent and Trademark Office. If the guest room based on the drawing becomes a reality, the business class guest room may become narrower than the conventional one, but since it becomes possible to arrange more seats, It also becomes possible to put passengers on board.

It seems that the first floor seats and the second middle seats are installed quite closely, but both seats are reclinable. In addition, it is designed to be able to go up and down freely in the middle second floor even in the state of defeating the first floor seats.


Airbus is able to provide usual comfort even in this second floor seat, and by adjusting the angle of the seat in different directions, it becomes unnecessary to keep seeing the head of the person sitting in the front seat, etc. Also consideration is given.


In the patent application, Airbus said, "In current aircraft, especially on aircraft, it is very important from an economic point of view to make effective use of the available space of the guest room.Therefore, In order to use more effective space, in this patent, by providing an intermediate second floor seat at a position higher than the main floor with an aircraft having a wide fuselage, it is necessary to install a space that has not been used until now We can explain why we invented the second floor seat. "

However, regarding this patent, Airbus spokesperson said, "Airbus has applied for about 600 patents per year to protect its intellectual property, but not all of these patents are put into our aircraft "It is undecided whether it will be a reality or not, commenting on it.