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Airplane seating unit

Granted 30 Dec 2008 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited

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Inventors: Tom Lloyd, Luke Miles, David Ferry, Adam Wells +1 · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/219,657
filed 20 Dec 2004
Publication
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US D583579
granted 30 Dec 2008

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top view of an…

FIG. 1 is a top view of an airplane seating unit, illustrated in a dining mode;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the airplane seating unit shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the airplane seating unit shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the airplane seating unit shown in FIG. 1 , illustrated in a bed mode;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the airplane seating unit shown in FIG. 4 ;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the airplane seating unit shown in FIG. 4 ;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the airplane seating unit shown in FIG. 1 , illustrated in a lounge mode;

FIG. 8 is a side view of the airplane seating unit shown in FIG. 7 ; and,

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the airplane seating unit shown in FIG. 7 .

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D06/356

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