Patents by Inventor Glen Wilson Porter

Glen Wilson Porter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160031561
    Abstract: A row of a plurality of adjacent seats supported by a support frame. The seat includes a seat back, a seat pan and a leg rest. The leg rest of each seat includes a leg support surface and is mounted relative to the seat frame in a manner to allow it to move between (a) a stored condition and (b) a fully deployed condition where the seat pan and the leg rest support surface are substantially coplanar. The leg rest and seat pan of each seat in the row can cooperate to define a reconfigurable horizontal support surface for at least one passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Victoria Anne Bamford, Glen Wilson Porter, James Dominic France, Geoffrey Glen Suvalko
  • Patent number: 9132918
    Abstract: A row of a plurality of adjacent seats supported by a support frame. The seat includes a seat back, a seat pan and a leg rest. The leg rest of each seat includes a leg support surface and is mounted relative to the seat frame in a manner to allow it to move between (a) a stored condition and (b) a fully deployed condition where the seat pan and the leg rest support surface are substantially coplanar. The leg rest and seat pan of each seat in the row can cooperate to define a reconfigurable horizontal support surface for at least one passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: AIR NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Victoria Anne Bamford, Glen Wilson Porter, James Dominic France, Geoffrey Glen Suvalko
  • Patent number: 9126689
    Abstract: A seating arrangement for location at the longitudinal center line of a commercial passenger vehicle that has a longitudinally extending passenger seating area. The seating arrangement includes a pair of seats disposed alongside and secured to each other. Each seat comprising a backrest portion, and a seat pan portion, wherein the seats face at an acute angle to each other, and wherein the backrest portions of the respective seats are nearest the vertex of the acute angle than the seat pan portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Air New Zealand Limited
    Inventor: Glen Wilson Porter
  • Publication number: 20150203207
    Abstract: A row of a plurality of adjacent seats supported by a support frame. The seat includes a seat back, a seat pan and a leg rest. The leg rest of each seat includes a leg support surface and is mounted relative to the seat frame in a manner to allow it to move between (a) a stored condition and (b) a fully deployed condition where the seat pan and the leg rest support surface are substantially coplanar. The leg rest and seat pan of each seat in the row can cooperate to define a reconfigurable horizontal support surface for at least one passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Victoria Anne Bamford, Glen Wilson Porter, James Dominic France, Geoffrey Glen Suvalko
  • Publication number: 20140159440
    Abstract: A seating arrangement for location at the longitudinal centre line of a commercial passenger vehicle that has a longitudinally extending passenger seating area. The seating arrangement includes a pair of seats disposed alongside and secured to each other. Each seat comprising a backrest portion, and a seat pan portion, wherein the seats face at an acute angle to each other, and wherein the backrest portions of the respective seats are nearest the vertex of the acute angle than the seat pan portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventor: Glen Wilson Porter
  • Publication number: 20120112500
    Abstract: The invention comprises a vehicle and seating arrangement having a central hub with four sides surrounded by four seats. The seats are arranged adjacent a respective side of the hub and facing substantially parallel to the side of the hub. In at least one embodiment, the arrangement provides access for each passenger to the aisle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Timothy Graham Rundle, Lauren Mary Grace Van Uden, Andrew Bissett, Gavin Edward Balasingam, Mitchell Hughes, Kerry Alan Reeves, Victoria Anne Bamford, Matthew James Cooper, Glen Wilson Porter, Stephen Lee Kim, Leslie Rae Witt, Stacey Hsu-Wen Chang, Jeremy John Sutherland, Daniel McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20110260002
    Abstract: A row of a plurality of adjacent seats supported by a support frame. The seat includes a seat back, a seat pan and a leg rest. The leg rest of each seat includes a leg support surface and is mounted relative to the seat frame in a manner to allow it to move between (a) a stored condition and (b) a fully deployed condition where the seat pan and the leg rest support surface are substantially coplanar. The leg rest and seat pan of each seat in the row can cooperate to define a reconfigurable horizontal support surface for at least one passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Victoria Anne Bamford, Glen Wilson Porter, James Dominic France, Geoffrey Glen Suvalko
  • Publication number: 20110226900
    Abstract: A row of a plurality of adjacent seats supported by a support frame. The seat includes a seat back, a seat pan and a leg rest. The leg rest of each seat includes a leg support surface and is mounted relative to the seat frame in a manner to allow it to move between (a) a stored condition and (b) a fully deployed condition where the seat pan and the leg rest support surface are substantially coplanar. The leg rest and seat pan of each seat in the row can cooperate to define a reconfigurable horizontal support surface for at least one passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Victoria Anne Bamford, Glen Wilson Porter, James Dominic France, Geoffrey Glen Suvalko
  • Publication number: 20100252680
    Abstract: A seating arrangement for location at the longitudinal centre line of a commercial passenger vehicle that has a longitudinally extending passenger seating area. The seating arrangement includes a pair of seats disposed alongside and secured to each other. Each seat comprising a backrest portion, and a seat pan portion, wherein the seats face at an acute angle to each other, and wherein the backrest portions of the respective seats are nearest the vertex of the acute angle than the seat pan portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventor: Glen Wilson Porter
  • Patent number: D571120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Air New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Craig Martin Readhead, Glen Wilson Porter, Gavin Edward Balasingam
  • Patent number: D649793
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Air New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Glen Wilson Porter, Victoria Anne Bamford, Kerry Alan Reeves, Stuart Anthony Eric Hilton
  • Patent number: D652643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Air New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Glen Wilson Porter, Victoria Anne Bamford, Kerry Alan Reeves, Stuart Anthony Eric Hilton
  • Patent number: D652644
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Air New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Glen Wilson Porter, Victoria Anne Bamford, Kerry Alan Reeves, Stuart Anthony Eric Hilton
  • Patent number: D652645
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Air New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Glen Wilson Porter, Victoria Anne Bamford, Kerry Alan Reeves, Stuart Anthony Eric Hilton
  • Patent number: D656750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Air New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Glen Wilson Porter, Victoria Anne Bamford, Kerry Alan Reeves, Stuart Anthony Eric Hilton
  • Patent number: D660027
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Air New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Glen Wilson Porter, Victoria Anne Bamford, Kerry Alan Reeves, Stuart Anthony Eric Hilton