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Seating apparatusSeating apparatus description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070216204, Seating apparatus. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001]This application is related to, claims priority from, and incorporates by reference German Patent Application No. DE 10 2006 012 599.1, filed on Mar. 18, 2006. TECHNICAL FIELD [0002]The invention relates generally to seating apparatuses, and particularly to a seating apparatus that includes at least one seating unit and at least one work light unit arranged in a rear region of the seating unit. BACKGROUND [0003]Seating apparatuses, in particular aircraft seating apparatuses, which have a seating unit and one or more work light units, are known. The work light units therein are arranged either in the region of a storage compartment or in a central console between two seating units. [0004]However, there is a need for a seating apparatus, and in particular a seating apparatus for aircraft seats, that provides particularly advantageous illumination of a work region for a passenger seated in the seating apparatus. SUMMARY [0005]In view of the above, a seating apparatus, in particular an aircraft seating apparatus, is provided that includes at least one seating unit and as least one work light unit. The work light unit is arranged in a rear region of the seating unit, thus making it possible to achieve particularly advantageous illumination of a work region of the seating unit. [0006]Furthermore, the work light unit may be arranged in the region above a worktable of the seating unit, as a result of which a particularly efficient illumination for the worktable can be obtained. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0007]Further advantages emerge from the description below of the drawings, which illustrate various exemplary embodiments. The drawings, the description and the claims contain numerous features in combination. A person skilled in the art will expediently also consider the features individually and put them together to form meaningful further combinations. [0008]FIG. 1 shows a seating apparatus comprising a plurality of seating units, [0009]FIG. 2 shows a schematic partial region of a seating apparatus with a seating unit, and [0010]FIG. 3 shows a schematic partial region of a seating unit from FIG. 2. DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0011]Referring now to the drawings in which like numerals reference like parts, FIG. 1 shows a seating apparatus that includes three seating units 10, 12, 14, each of which includes two work light units 16, 18, 20, 22, 78, 80. [0012]The term "seating apparatus" can be understood as meaning an apparatus comprising at least one seating unit, and preferably at least two seating units, with the individual seating units being arranged next to one another. Ideally, a plurality of seating apparatuses are arranged one behind another within an aircraft such that the work light unit is provided in the rear region of a seating unit for use by a passenger located in a seating unit behind the seating unit containing the work light unit. [0013]Furthermore, a work light unit is to be understood, in particular, as meaning a unit which, in contrast to a display or to a viewing screen, is primarily provided in order to illuminate a work region located outside a work light unit. A "rear region" can be understood, in particular, as meaning a rear-wall region of a rear side of a backrest or of a rear housing of a seating unit. In a particularly advantageous manner, the work light unit is arranged on a shell unit of a rear housing of the seating unit, thus making it possible to achieve an illumination independent of a setting of the backrest of the seating unit by means of the work light unit. [0014]Furthermore, the work light unit may be arranged in the region above a worktable of the seating unit, as a result of which a particularly efficient illumination for the worktable can be obtained. In this connection, "above a worktable" can be understood, in particular, as meaning a rear headrest region of the seating unit. Therefore, direct illumination of the worktable can be achieved. In this connection, a headrest region can be understood as meaning an upper, rear region of a seating unit that takes up preferably at maximum 30%, and particularly advantageously at maximum 20%, of the upper, rear region. In this case, a "worktable" can be understood as meaning a table surface which can be unfolded and is arranged at the rear region of the seating unit. [0015]The work light unit is advantageously arranged in the region of an edge of the seating unit such that particularly good visibility of the work light unit can be achieved here. In addition, the arrangement of the work light unit in the region of an edge enables different regions of illumination to be obtained with just one work light unit. In this connection, the "region of an edge" can be understood as meaning a region containing the edge and/or a region which is located within one of two abutting planes in the vicinity of the edge, with the distance of the work light unit from the edge preferably being smaller than 15%, and particularly advantageously smaller than 10%, of a length of extent of the plane, which length is oriented perpendicular to the edge. [0016]In addition, it is proposed that a surface of the work light unit is of curved design, as a result of which particularly good visibility and a large angle of radiation of the emitted light can be achieved. In this case, a "curved surface" can be understood as meaning a surface which is oriented three-dimensionally and/or is formed by a spherical surface, cylindrical surface, or the like. [0017]In a further refinement, a main direction of extent of the work light unit at the rear region of the seating unit may be oriented essentially parallel to a table surface of a worktable. Essentially parallel can be understood in this context as meaning an orientation which preferably has an angle of inclination smaller than 15%, and particularly advantageously smaller than 10%, in relation to a reference surface. This enables a uniform illumination of the worktable to be obtained, since a distance of the work light unit from the worktable is essentially identical along the work light unit, with the worktable being unfolded in this case and therefore an area of extent of the worktable being oriented parallel to a floor, for example, to an aircraft floor. In this connection, a main direction of extent of a work light unit can be understood as meaning a direction with a maximum extent, in particular a length, of the work light unit. Alternatively or in addition, one or more work light units can also be oriented at the rear region of the seat perpendicular to the work surface, thus making it possible to at least partially reduce an undesirable formation of shadows. [0018]In addition, it is advantageous if the work light unit is arranged movably relative to the seating unit, as a result of which an individual capability of adapting the illumination to the work surface can be achieved by it being possible to orient the work light unit to individual regions of the work surface. In this case, the work light unit is particularly advantageously arranged movably perpendicular to the rear region, and therefore particularly effective illumination of the work region can be achieved. For example, in the case of work with a laptop, in particular with a notebook, an undesirable formation of shadows on the work surface due to a laptop viewing screen can be largely avoided by it being possible to displace the work light unit directly above the input and output region of the computer. Continue reading about Seating apparatus... Full patent description for Seating apparatus Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Seating apparatus patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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