Patents Assigned to OPTIMARES S.P.A.
  • Patent number: 10933998
    Abstract: A seat array that includes a first and a second seat arranged with their backrests opposite one another, seats being able to move from a sitting position to a lying position, a portion of a dividing wall being arranged laterally with respect to the seats, the portion of dividing wall being provided in such a way as to leave an entry/exit passage, and thus access, to the seats, the entry/exit passage leading to a lane for reaching the first or the second seat, the dividing walls, on their respective end constituting the entry/exit passage provide, externally, a respective footrest, which is positioned in front of a respective third and fourth seats, which are arranged in an opposite direction with respect to the respective seat arranged on the opposite side of the same dividing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: OPTIMARES S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Braca, Alessio Morsicani, Andrea Giordano
  • Patent number: 10683094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat (1) for an aircraft passenger comprising a back part (2) and a sitting part (3), said seat (1) being turned in a first direction so that when a passenger is sitting in said seat (1) he is turned in said first direction, said seat (1) being configured so as to perform a recline movement along a respective recline axis (A) between a sitting position and a recline position, and vice versa, said seat (1) being characterized in that it is configured in such a manner that the back part (2) and the sitting part (3) are apt to perform a translation movement along a translation axis (B), wherein said translation axis (B) is not parallel to said recline axis (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: OPTIMARES S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Braca, Alessio Morsicani, Andrea Giordano
  • Patent number: 10093422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly (1) of seats (2?, 3?, 2?, 3?) for airplanes, said assembly (1) comprising at least two rows (4?, 4?) of pairs of adjacent seats (2?, 3?; 2?, 3?), each seat (2?; 3?; 2?; 3?) comprising one seatback (5), one sitting portion (6), and an element (7) for the support of the lower limbs, each seat (2?; 3?; 2?; 3?) being configured in order to make a reclining movement along a respective recline axis (r2?; r3?; r2?; r3?) between a sitting position, wherein at least said seatback (5) and said sitting portion (6) cooperate in order to form a sitting element, and an extended position, wherein said seatback (5), said sitting portion (6) and said element (7) cooperate in order to form a bed surface, and vice versa, each seat (2?; 3?; 2?; 3?) being tilted in respect to the adjacent seat (3?; 2?; 3?; 2?) of a first angle (??; ??) obtained by the intersection of the respective recline axis (r2?, r3?; r2?, r3?) in a convergence point (A?; A?) arranged rearward said pair of adjacent
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: OPTIMARES S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Braca, Alessio Morsicani, Andrea Giordano
  • Patent number: 10053219
    Abstract: A displacement system for an airplane seat comprising a sitting portion, a backrest and a legrest, the displacement system comprising a support structure, a sitting portion structure connected to the support structure on a first plane (?), and a kinematic mechanism for displacement acts on at least the sitting portion structure to pass between a first sitting configuration and at least a second cradle configuration and vice versa, a surface of the sitting portion comprising at least a first back portion lying on the first plane (?), and a second front portion lying on a second plane (?), the portions being constrained in rotation with each other in passage between the first configuration to the second configuration, and vice versa, the kinematic mechanism for displacement being configured to act on the second portion so that, in different configurations, the second portion is inclined at different angles with respect to the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: OPTIMARES S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Braca, Alessio Morsicani, Andrea Giordano
  • Patent number: 9580174
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a seating unit (1), in particular for aircrafts' economy class, comprising a substantially rigid fixed shell (4), a support structure (9), a backrest (2) and a seat (3), all contained within said shell (4), said seating unit (1) being characterized in that said backrest (2) and said seat (3) make a movement, substantially within said shell (4), between a retracted position, that is with said backrest (2) in a substantially vertical position and said seat (3) in a substantially horizontal position, and a slightly extended position, that is with said backrest (2) in a substantially slanted position and said seat (3) in a substantially slanted position, inclined downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: OPTIMARES S.P.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Berti, Andrea Giordano, Alessio Morstcani, Alessandro Braca
  • Publication number: 20140175849
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a seating unit (1), in particular for aircrafts' economy class, comprising a substantially rigid fixed shell (4), a support structure (9), a backrest (2) and a seat (3), all contained within said shell (4), said seating unit (1) being characterized in that said backrest (2) and said seat (3) make a movement, substantially within said shell (4), between a retracted position, that is with said backrest (2) in a substantially vertical position and said seat (3) in a substantially horizontal position, and a slightly extended position, that is with said backrest (2) in a substantially slanted position and said seat (3) in a substantially slanted position, inclined downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: OPTIMARES S.P.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Berti, Andrea Giordano, Alessio Morstcani, Alessandro Braca
  • Patent number: D708886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Optimares S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Braca