Patent 8070233 was granted and assigned to Airbus Deutschland GmbH on December, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A folding seat for an aircraft has a backrest, a seat area and an armrest. The seat area is pivotable. When the seat area is pivoted, the armrest is pivotable downwards, the seat area and the armrest being coupled by at least one coupling element in the form of a bevel gear.