Patents by Inventor James Dominic France

James Dominic France 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8882035
    Abstract: A class divider in an aircraft between a first seating arrangement that comprises of seats of a first kind and a second seating arrangement that comprises of seats of a second kind. The divider comprises a primary partition wall member that extends upwardly from cabin floor level and that is positioned facing said first seating arrangement and a secondary partition wall member that extends from divider contiguous portions of a seat of said second kind positioned in said second class. The seat of said second kind bridges space between the secondary partition wall member and the cabin floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventors: James Dominic France, Alistair Pilditch, Maurice Trevor Benner
  • Publication number: 20120025018
    Abstract: A class divider in an aircraft between a first seating arrangement that comprises of seats of a first kind and a second seating arrangement that comprises of seats of a second kind. The divider comprises a primary partition wall member that extends upwardly from cabin floor level and that is positioned facing said first seating arrangement and a secondary partition wall member that extends from divider contiguous portions of a seat of said second kind positioned in said second class. The seat of said second kind bridges space between the secondary partition wall member and the cabin floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: James Dominic France, Alistair Pilditch, Maurice Trevor Benner
  • Publication number: 20120025019
    Abstract: A passenger vehicle seat comprising, a seat back, a seat pan and a leg rest supported by a support frame, the leg rest of each seat moveably mounted relative to the support frame in a manner to allow it to move between (a) a stored position and (b) a fully deployed position where the seat pan and the leg rest are substantially coplanar, and wherein the seat pan is configurable between a substantially horizontal position, and one or more selected from an inclined and reclined position, and wherein the leg rest and the seat pan are coupled via an articulated coupling, so that movement of at least one selected from the leg rest and seat pan can cause movement of the other of the leg rest and seat pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: James Dominic France, Amitai Halfon
  • 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: 20110240810
    Abstract: A cup holder comprising, a housing, a carrier member slidably engaged to the housing and movable between a condition where it is housed within the housing and condition where it at least partially extends from the housing, a cup receptacle that is slidably connected to the carrier member and carried thereby in a gimballed manner, wherein in an extended position the cup receptacle is presentable to be able to receive a cup, and wherein in a retracted position the cup receptacle is within the housing in a stowed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: James Dominic France, Mitchell Robert Edward Hughes, Mihai Ivasiuc
  • 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
  • Patent number: D635502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Air New Zealand Limited
    Inventor: James Dominic France