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Tray table with rotatable inner tray for electronic device docking

  • US 8,826,830 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2011
  • Issued: 09/09/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tray table for a passenger seat comprising, in combination:

  • a body;

    an inner tray comprising one or more channels at a peripheral portion of the inner tray configured to receive and hold a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device having a display screen, wherein the portable electronic device is secured to the inner tray when one or more of its edges engage the one or more channels and is removable from the inner tray by sliding the one or more edges out of the one or more channels;

    a port within at least one of the one or more channels and configured to connect to the portable electronic device, wherein the port is in electrical communication with the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is secured to the inner tray, and the port is not in electrical communication with the portable electronic device when the portable is removed from the inner tray;

    an opening in the body configured to accept the inner tray, the inner tray rotatably mounted in the opening and connected to the body via one or more rotatable mounts; and

    one or more mounts configured to movably attach the body to a back portion of the passenger seat, wherein the body is movable between a stowed position and a service position relative to the passenger seat.

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