We Found the Smart Aircraft Seat that Could Spare Millions of Passengers’ Knees
Photo Credit: The Smart Seat Wireless Actuator App would help airlines adjust seat pitch to fit passengers, both tall and not so tall. B/E Aerospace
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The bigger challenge is to get airlines to get their collective heads around this concept, so one day passengers, and their knees, can enjoy cruelty-free flight on the Knee-Rescue seat.
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B/E Aerospace has patented a still-to-be-formally named economy seating concept which could finally make the cabin bearable for tall passengers.
"Even a relatively small incremental increase in seat spacing for the tall passengers can provide additional comfort with no loss of comfort to the much smaller passengers seated in front of the tall passengers," the seat's designers suggest.
The Knee-Rescue seat — as we're calling it — doesn't just benefit tall passengers, designers say. Because the seats can be adjusted forward for shorter passengers and children, making room for taller passengers behind them, those shorter passengers and tots can benefit from slightly closer trays.
The innovative system places seats on the same grooves as standard aircraft seat tracks, but standard seat fasteners are mounted on ge
