Reading HfP today about the
new Finnair seat and it immediately reminded me of a BA design that I think was discussed on here at the time but never came to anything:
From 2014:
British Airways New Business Class Seat Patent Revealed
I'm glad they didn't go for it in the end I think it was a bit of an odd angle for sitting although might have been comfortable enough for "curling up with a book"!
The finnair version seems slightly "straightened-out".
These were the BA patent drawings: