Frederick T Yoshimura

US Patent:

46405259, Feb 3, 1987

Filed:

Dec 19, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/811068

Inventors:

Tom M. Jensen - Everett WA
Frederick T. Yoshimura - Seattle WA
Deborah P. Jensen - Everett WA

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

International Classification:

B62B 708

US Classification:

280642

Abstract:

A folding chair assembly for dual use as a wheelchair or a flight attendant's seat onboard a commercial passenger airplane. The folding chair assembly can be manipulated into any of the following modes: (1) fully retracted into a compact assembly that can be stowably secured by a plurality of catches against a vertical wall in the passenger compartment of an aircraft; (2) with the chair assembly still secured to the wall, the seat pan is pulled down against a seat return spring and is usable as a flight attendant's seat; and (3) the folded chair assembly is completely detached from the plurality of retaining catches and fully extended to function as a wheelchair that is usable down the aisles of commercial passenger aircraft.

US Patent:

46782028, Jul 7, 1987

Filed:

Oct 23, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/922217

Inventors:

Tom M. Jensen - Everett WA
Frederick T. Yoshimura - Seattle WA
Deborah P. Jensen - Everett WA

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

International Classification:

B62B 708

US Classification:

280642

Abstract:

A folding chair assembly for dual use as a wheelchair or a flight attendant's seat onboard a commercial passenger airplane. The folding chair assembly can be manipulated into any of the following modes: (1) fully retracted into a compact assembly that can be stowably secured by a plurality of catches against a vertical wall in the passenger compartment of an aircraft; (2) with the chair assembly still secured to the wall, the seat pan is pulled down against a seat return spring and is usable as a flight attendant's seat; and (3) the folded chair assembly is completely detached from the plurality of retaining catches and fully extended to function as a wheelchair that is usable down the aisles of commercial passenger aircraft.