FOLDING TABLE

• US 20090223417A1
• Filed: 03/04/2009
• Published: 09/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG (Deutsche Lufthansa AG)
• Original Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG (Deutsche Lufthansa AG)
• Inventors: Muirhead, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 8,171,862 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/13
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/002 of trays
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/00 Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0015 Arrangements for entertainment or communications, e.g. radio, television
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/00153 Monitors mounted on or in the seat other than the seat back
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0638 with foldable tables, trays or cup holders

Abstract

The subject matter of the invention is a table for attaching to the wall of an aircraft or the like, with a table top comprising at least two table top segments which are moveable relative to each other. According to the invention, the following features are provided:

• • a) at least one table top segment has a screen on one side;
  • b) two table top segments are pivotable or rotatable in relation to each other about at least two axes, with the first axis running parallel to an edge of a table top segment and the second axis running substantially perpendicularly to the first axis in the plane of a table top segment.

Claims

1. A table for attaching to the wall of an aircraft or the like, with a table top comprising at least two table top segments which are moveable relative to each other, said table comprising the following features:

a. at least one table top segment has a screen on one side;

b. two table top segments are pivotable or rotatable in relation to each other about at least two axes, with the first axis running parallel to an edge of a table top segment and the second axis running substantially perpendicularly to the first axis in the plane of a table top segment.

2. The table as claimed in claim 1, wherein a first table top segment can be fastened moveably to the wall and a second table top segment is connected moveably to the first table top segment.

3. The table as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first table top segment is pivotable in relation to the wall about a first axis which runs parallel to that edge of the first table top segment which faces the wall.

4. The table as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first table top segment is additionally rotatable in relation to the wall about a second axis which runs substantially perpendicularly to the first axis in the plane of the first table top segment.

5. The table as claimed in one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the first table top segment can be fixed in one or more defined use positions relative to the wall.

6. The table as claimed in one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the second table top segment can be fixed in one or more defined use positions relative to the first table top segment.

7. The table as claimed in one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the second table top segment has a table surface on one side and a screen on the opposite side.

8. The table as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the screen takes up at least 50%, preferably at least 60%, 70% 80% or 90% of the entire surface of the opposite side of the second table top segment.

9. The table as claimed in one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the screen has touch-sensitive control elements.

10. The table as claimed in one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an orientation sensor is provided which permits automatic adaptation of the alignment of on-screen displays as a function of the orientation of the screen in space.

11. An arrangement comprising a wall and a table fastened to the wall as claimed in claim 1.

12. The arrangement as claimed in claim 11, wherein the table can be brought into a stowed position in which it is arranged substantially parallel to a wall surface.

13. The arrangement as claimed in claim 12, wherein, in the stowed position, it is arranged in a depression provided in the wall.

14. The arrangement as claimed in claim 12 or 13, wherein the table top segments of the table are folded onto each other in the stowed position and are arranged substantially parallel to each other.

15. The arrangement as claimed in claim 12 or 13, wherein, in the stowed position, the screen faces away from the wall.