Bicycles inspired seats set to make flying bit more painful

Airbus has proposed a seat inspired from bicycles to add more than 50 passengers aboard a narrow-bodied plane, according to reports.

Bernard Guering, inventor for the European aircraft manufacturer said that it would be a seating device with reduced bulk, for example for an aircraft, the Independent reported.

According to the diagrams, the "seats" will resembling moped saddles are fixed to spindles where each passenger has a small back-rest described as "a simple lumbar support held at the end of an arm".

The patent notes "reduced comfort remains tolerable for passengers" on shorter flights.

Guering added that the invention could perfectly well be used in other transport means in which the aim was to transport a maximum number of passengers, such as coaches or planes.