Device for retractable tablet and seat

• US 9,102,409 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2009
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Airbus
• Original Assignee: Airbus
• Inventors: Weil, Arnaud, Sobotta, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Allred, David E
• Application Number:
  US12/863,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20110011979A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,400 Days
• Field of Search: 297/144, 297/162, 297/154, 297/155, 297/188.08
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/121 having tipping-up seats
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 4/04 Folding chairs with inflexible seats
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/70 of foldable type
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/305 the cushion being hinged on the vehicle frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/001 of tables or trays
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/002 of trays
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0007 Devices specially adapted for food or beverage distribution services
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/06 Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats crew seat constructions for emergency purposes B64D25/04
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0638 with foldable tables, trays or cup holders
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0691 specially adapted for cabin crew

Abstract

A stowable table device for a foldable seat, the seat including a first mobile portion defining a seating portion and a second portion defining the back, the mobile portion having a first folded position and a second unfolded position. The stowable table includes a plate. The device further includes an arm movably attached to the seat by one end thereof, and a linking part movably attached to the arm by the other end thereof and to the plate so that, in a stowed position, the plate is substantially located against a first surface of the mobile part of the seat independently from the position of the mobile part, and in an unfolded position, the structure is located opposite a second surface of the mobile part of the seat and substantially parallel to the second surface, the first and second surfaces of the mobile part of the sheet being substantially parallel.

Claims

1. A retractable shelf device for a folding seat, the seat comprising a first movable part forming a sitting surface and a second part forming a back, the first movable part having a first folded position substantially parallel to the second part and a second opened-out position forming a substantially perpendicular angle with the second part, the device comprising:

a tray;

an arm movably fastened at one end of the arm to the second part of the seat; and

a connecting piece movably fastened to an other end of the arm and to the tray,

wherein, in a retracted position, the tray is substantially against and parallel to a first face of the first movable part when a position of the first movable part is in the first folded position, and the tray is substantially against and parallel to the first face of the first movable part when a position of the first movable part is in the second opened-out position,

wherein when the tray and the first movable part are in an opened-out position, the tray is opposite a second face of the first movable part and substantially parallel to the second face, the first and second faces of the movable part of the seat being substantially parallel and being opposite sides of the movable part of the seat, and

wherein the first moveable part includes a retention component on the first face of the first movable part, the retention component fastening the tray so that, in the retracted position, the tray remains substantially against and parallel to the first face of the first movable part during movement of the first movable part from the first folded position to the second opened-out position, and the tray remain substantially against and parallel to the first face during movement of the first movable part from the second opened-out position to the first folded position.

2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a tray guide configured to guide the tray against the first movable part.

3. The device according to claim 1, further comprising:

at least one stop configured to hold the tray in a predetermined position.

4. The device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a holding device configured to hold the arm in a predetermined position.

5. The device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an elastic device configured to bias movement of the arm in a predetermined direction.

6. The device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a fastener configured to cooperate with at least one cylindrical component of the tray for connecting the connecting piece to the tray.

7. A folding seat for a commercial aircraft flight personnel, comprising a device according to claim 1.