( CNN ) -- I 'm not a violent man . Short , self-doubting gingers tend not to be the fiercest of creatures . But if you are sitting next to me on a plane I will absolutely fight you for the armrest . Mind you , when I say `` fight , '' I mean `` create a mental checklist of things I would do to you in the event that I suddenly ceased to be a short , self-doubting ginger . '' So , you 're safe . Sadly , when it comes to hand-to-hand combat , my signature move is silent resignation . Thus , when it comes to armrests , I resort to strategy and the early boarding benefits bestowed upon me by virtue of having an airline credit card . Do n't scoff at early boarding . I 'd sooner give up my pants than Zone 1 . Truthfully , though , you can just have my pants . Of course , there are a number of other great reasons for boarding early -- the big one being that I 'm able to quickly secure my bag in an overhead compartment before they all fill up with the four-wheeled shipping containers some of you now feel qualify as a small personal item . But it 's definitely also about getting seated and into the ready position . Which is to say : Body wide . Muscles clenched . Armrests secured . `` Claimed ! '' Nothing greedy . Just simply taking what 's rightfully mine in accordance with the rules . And there are rules . In Season One ( episode four ) of the brilliant TV series `` Legit , '' comedian Jim Jefferies perfectly details these rules from his middle seat as he battles another passenger for the right to be mildly more comfortable . `` You do n't know plane etiquette , '' Jefferies shouts to the man sitting to his left . `` Window gets an armrest and a wall . Middle gets two armrests . Aisle gets an armrest and a little bit of extra leg . We 're not animals ! We live in a society ! '' So , those are the rules . Not that any of you are going to follow them . Fortunately , however , there 's a new armrest design that may settle the matter once and for all . It 's called the Paperclip Armrest , and throughout the week it seemed to be popping up all over the Web and social media . Apparently armrest inequality is quite the hot-button issue , so it struck a nerve with anyone who 's ever had a boarding pass that included the letter B or E. The Hong Kong-based team at Paperclip Design claim their innovation solves the `` perennial problem of fighting for elbow room in high-density seating '' by using `` double-deck geometry . '' The basic idea is this : . Paperclip 's armrest extends out as normal but then , at the end , it curls up several inches and fishhooks back for several more , making use of the `` vertical space '' to create a second deck . So , one person gets the lower . And one person takes the upper . Sadly , this does not qualify you for the Mile High Club . All that said , I still think the design has a critical flaw . You see , while the person using the upper deck is mostly getting support for his or her forearm , the person using the lower deck gets to position the entirety of his or her elbow directly on the rest . And that 's important . Comfort starts in the elbow . Later , in the same scene from that episode of `` Legit , '' the man arguing with Jim Jefferies eventually says , `` I am only taking the back of the armrest . You can have all the rest . '' Jefferies drives home the importance of the elbow by replying , `` You take the back , you take the whole damn thing . '' So , the Paperclip Armrest might not be a perfect design -- I 'm certainly not convinced -- but it does seem to be a start . However , until we finally sort it out , we 're just going to have to obey the rules and force them upon those who act like animals . Which is to say : Body wide . Muscles clenched . Armrests secured . Follow @ JarrettBellini on Twitter .
Paperclip Design envisions an armrest that can be shared by airplane passengers . The design incorporates `` vertical space '' to create a double-decker armrest . Hide Caption 3 of 7 Photos:Paperclip's new plane – Until we have a solution that works , we all need to abide by airplane etiquette .