Patents by Inventor Martin Darbyshire

Martin Darbyshire 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: 20100065683
    Abstract: An aircraft passenger seating arrangement comprises a seat having a seat pan and a seat back, the seat being able to adopt a first, substantially upright sitting position and a second, sleeping position in which the seat back and seat pan are substantially horizontal, the arrangement further including a side surface arranged to form part of a substantially flat, horizontal sleeping surface alongside the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: British Airways Plc
    Inventor: Martin Darbyshire
  • Publication number: 20090302158
    Abstract: An aircraft passenger seat comprises a primary seat (1) having a seat back (3) and a seat pan (4), and a secondary support surface (5) located or locatable opposite the primary seat (1), the passenger seat being able to adopt each of an upright configuration, a reclined configuration and a substantially flat configuration, such that in the reclined configuration, the primary seat (1) is reclined relative to the upright configuration and the secondary support surface (5) is angled upwardly towards the primary seat (1) so as to support the lower leg(s) of a passenger seated in the primary seat (1); and in the substantially flat configuration, the secondary support surface (5) is substantially horizontal and the seat back (3), the seat pan (4) and the secondary support surface (5) form a substantially flat and continuous surface wherein the secondary support surface (5) is rotatable about an axis between the reclined and substantially flat configurations, said axis being translated between the reclined and subst
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: British Airways Plc
    Inventors: Martin Darbyshire, Matthew Round, Asa Dancy Herring, III, Dennis Isaac Waldrip, Marc Schatell, Alen Wyss, Gregory Hall, Walter Sutcavage, John Lovingood, Dan Alford
  • Patent number: 7178871
    Abstract: A seating unit for a vehicle has a pair of seats facing in opposite directions with each seat having a seating space for receiving the seated body of an occupant and an extension space in which the legs of the occupant may be placed. The seats are positioned on each side of a notional dividing axis with the seating space of one extending over the axis at the extension space of the other. The pair of seats is suitable for use in an aircraft cabin with one of the seats facing substantially forward in the cabin and the other of the seats facing substantially aft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: British Airways PLC
    Inventors: Matthew Round, Martin Darbyshire
  • Patent number: D439063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: British Airways PLC
    Inventors: Matthew Round, Martin Darbyshire
  • Patent number: D491622
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Wilkinson Sword Limited
    Inventors: Robert Hadley, David Shepherd, Martin Darbyshire, Michael Woods
  • Patent number: D492478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Wilkinson Sword Limited
    Inventors: Robert Hadley, David Shepherd, Martin Darbyshire, Michael Woods
  • Patent number: D641982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: British Airways P.L.C.
    Inventor: Martin Darbyshire
  • Patent number: D661116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: British Airways P.L.C.
    Inventor: Martin Darbyshire