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Airbus Patents Adjustable Seats, In-Seat Storage For Aircarft (consumerist.com)
AmiMoJo writes: Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer, has recently applied for a pair of airplane seat patents that simultaneously look to increase customer comfort while stripping away what little room remains. The first patent is for a "Re-Configurable Passenger Bench Seat," which allows seat belts and arm rests to be moved to accommodate different size passengers (e.g. two large adults, or two small adults and two small children in a row). The second patent places a storage box under each seat, which is accessed by raising the seat cushion. Of course, this means there wouldn't be room for your feet under the seat in front of you.
who needs them anyway in the age of segway and co? amputate your legs, and get robo-legs. Only wear them if required and you can get billed extra for your legs in your luggage.
From the drawings it looks like they patented the back seat of my car and some Ikea furniture.
"Commercial air travel is the #1 industry in which the customer is routinely and perpetually FUCKED."
I've never been able to get that level of service from the cabin crew.
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I first read about this in another context, which was about making airplanes more comfortable for really fat people. Although I hate the random event of sitting next to a fat person and having them spill over into my space (and trying to force them not to do that), I hate more that my space could simply be reduced because some slider was scooted over for them.
For every problem, there is at least one solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
Or you just replace the box with something that is made out of a strong deformable cloth. If it is empty your feet will have the space, otherwise if it contains stiff you'll just be kicking the other passenger's stuff.
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
Same here... my legs are in agony if they can't extend under the seat in front of me. 6 hours with my legs doubled up would probably be considered torture. Why not just give me an injection, knock me out, and stuff me in the cargo hold?
Why not just give me an injection, knock me out, and stuff me in the cargo hold?
US Patent 56,885,322
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Okay, so our flight just landed and I'm siting near the back of the plane, not far from the galley door. As we are taxiing to the jetway the pilot gets on the PA and says something about the weather outside and where we can get our bags. We hear him hang up the mike but it's still active. The next thing we hear is the pilot saying to the co-pilot, "Man, what I could use right now is a hot coffee and a blow job." I see the stewardess in the galley go running to the flight deck door. I yell up to her as she passes, "Lady! You forgot the coffee!"
I am armed because I am free. I am free because I am armed.
What I can't understanding is how anything you kept inside your seat would be accessible in-flight. There isn't enough room *now* to stand up, extract a bag, pull something out of it...which you'd have to hold while trying to stuff the bag back into the bin.
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