Tray table with personal entertainment device holder
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsNathaniel Adam Fishel, Martin J. Foor, Matteo Blanc, Michael Kreitz, III
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Abstract
In an illustrative embodiment, a two-piece folding tray table includes a personal electronic device (PED) support member connected to a tray section such that, in a stowed position, the PED support member is substantially flush with the tray table. The PED support member may be deployable in both a folded tray table configuration and a side-by-side tray table configuration to support a personal electronic device at a substantially identical angle regardless of tray table use mode.
Claims7
A tray table with an integrated personal electronic device (PED) holder apparatus, the tray table comprising:
- a first tray section hingedly connected to a second tray section along a first side edge of the second tray section such that, in a first operational mode, the second tray section is folded on top of the first tray section with a first surface of the second tray section directed upward, and in a second operational mode, the second tray section is in line with the first tray section with the first surface of the second tray section directed downward;
- a personal electronic device (PED) support member hingedly connected to the second tray section along a second side edge of the second tray section perpendicular to the first side edge, wherein,
- in a stowed position, the PED support member is substantially flush with the first surface of the second tray section,
- in a first deployed position corresponding to the first operational mode, the PED support member extends from the second tray section at a first deployment angle relative to the first surface of the second tray section,
- in a second deployed position corresponding to the second operational mode, the PED support member extends from the second tray section at a second deployment angle relative to a second surface of the second tray section opposite the first surface;
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- wherein the PED support member is extendable from the stowed position in an interior of the second tray section, whereby the PED support member when stowed is substantially encased between the first surface of the second tray section and a lower surface of the second tray section.
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