Airbus got a patent for bunk beds. For a red-eye flight I'd be game!

[marylander1940]

Airbus is at it again. The aircraft manufacturer has filed yet another unusual patent for passenger seating.

 

The patent details several designs of stacked seating, reminiscent of bunk-beds, wherein one row of seats is perched on top of the other in order to optimize space in transport cabins of planes, buses and trains.

 

"In modern means of transport, in particular in aircraft, it is very important from an economic point of view to make optimum use of the available space in a passenger cabin," Airbus wrote in the filed patent.

 

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/07/

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_01/024A380GPX_468x461.jpg

 

[+ Truereview]

top bunk for me, please!

[bigvalboy]

I'll pass....It looks perfectly dreadful.

[AdamSmith]

I'll pass....It looks perfectly dreadful.

 

+10

 

[+ WilliamM]

That appears to be like a hostel, and certainly not single or double occupancy!

[bigvalboy]

+10

 

 

LOL...can you spell "P-o-l-i-t-i-c-a-l-l-y I-n-c-o-r-r-e-c-t"?

[AdamSmith]

LOL...can you spell "P-o-l-i-t-i-c-a-l-l-y I-n-c-o-r-r-e-c-t"?

 

Let the arrows fly!

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FxjIAxPeH2U/U-emjDUqg_I/AAAAAAAACfs/CIv4UmSLmKo/s1600/Bullseye.jpg

[bigvalboy]

Well they seem to think that it works in India...

 

http://k24.kn3.net/B7F8C2307.jpg

[AdamSmith]

Well they seem to think that it works in India...

 

India is its own case. Somebody once said of Gandhi: He had a physique that could only be achieved through centuries of starvation.

[Guest]

LOL...can you spell "P-o-l-i-t-i-c-a-l-l-y I-n-c-o-r-r-e-c-t"?

 

I feel a song coming on....

[marylander1940]

Well they seem to think that it works in India...

 

http://k24.kn3.net/B7F8C2307.jpg

 

excuse me... Americans don't take the train, it's too European...

 

We drive, take the train, Segway or a scooter, but we never walk.

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/12/31/article-2531797-1A5C3A8800000578-940_634x366.jpg

http://img.izismile.com/img/img6/20131219/640/america_is_home_to_the_scooter_640_26.jpg

 

http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/photo/4f/6712/Fat-Check-Segway-Check-Worlds-Biggest-Douche-Check-and-Mate.jpg

[+ dutchmuch]

I believe it was George Carlin (RIP) that when on a rant about "Airbus. Imagine combining a airplane and a bus, my two favorite modes of transportation"

[TruthBTold]

How do passengers get to the third set of "beds?"

[seaboy4hire]

I kind of like the design. As someone who has a habit of getting either red eye or 6 am flights it would be swell to have a seat that lays flat or goesback further than what is available now, so that I can maybe get a couple hrs sleep. The only airline that I can think of that flies out of O'hare that has what I want would be Virgin America but they only go to LA and SF.

 

Hugs,

Greg

[+ Truereview]

How do passengers get to the third set of "beds?"

 

With a prayer?

[oz_carter]

With a prayer?

 

And lube?

[bobchitown]

I'd volunteer to be on the bottom if I can choose who's above me.

[+ sync]

It would surprise me if the NTSB would approve or has approved this.

[AdamSmith]

It would surprise me if the NTSB would approve or has approved this.

 

Bet the FAA might though!

[+ FreshFluff]

For me, any lie flat seat--even a set of 3 tiny coach seats--is a huge improvement over even the best non-flat seat. That said, nothing beats American's transcontinental F.

http://terrilox.com/images/2010/11/Waking-Up-Boomer.jpg

[seaboy4hire]

For me, any lie flat seat--even a set of 3 tiny coach seats--is a huge improvement over even the best non-flat seat. That said, nothing beats American's transcontinental F.

http://terrilox.com/images/2010/11/Waking-Up-Boomer.jpg

 

Mr. Fluff, I must say you look quite dapper in your royal purple blankie.

 

Hugs,

Greg

[+ friendofsheila]

Why can't they put these things on Amtrak??? (Or put back berths.)

 

It's like a trying to sleep on a cement tomb on one of those damned trains.

[oz_carter]

This new design doesn't affect me. Mainly fly first class. Even business class makes me feel a tad dirty.

[fedssocr1]

They filed a patent application. They didn't get a patent. At least not yet anyway.

 

Sorry...I work in IP and this is big pet peeve of mine.

[seaboy4hire]

Why can't they put these things on Amtrak??? (Or put back berths.)

 

It's like a trying to sleep on a cement tomb on one of those damned trains.

 

Theres sleeper compartments on long haul trips.

 

Hugs,

Greg