Armrest assembly with in-arm cup holder
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorGregory S. Spencer
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Abstract
An armrest assembly and aircraft passenger seat including the same, the armrest assembly including an arm having a top cutout and a cup holder insert disposed within the top cutout and retained on the arm by front and rear arm caps affixed atop the arm that overlap portions of the installed cup holder insert, the cup holder insert including a recessed center portion at depth within the arm and disposed between upstanding concave end walls, the cup holder insert usable to secure a beverage or other items when the arm is in a deployed use position.
Claims18
An armrest assembly, comprising:
- an arm comprising a top cutout;
- an insert bracket affixed within the arm adjacent the top cutout;
- an insert removably disposed within the top cutout and supported by the insert bracket;
- a front arm cap affixed atop the arm and extending from near a front of the arm to a front of the insert one end of the front arm cap covering the front of the insert to retain the insert in the top cutout;
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- a rear arm cap affixed atop the arm and extending from near a back of the arm to a back of the insert one end of the rear arm cap covering the back of the insert to retain the insert in the top cutout.
An aircraft passenger seat, comprising:
- a seat bottom supported on a seat frame;
- a backrest;
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- an armrest assembly, the armrest assembly movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, the armrest assembly comprising:
- an arm comprising a top cutout;
- an insert bracket affixed within the arm adjacent the top cutout;
- a cup holder insert disposed within the top cutout and supported by the insert bracket and accessible for use when the arm is in the deployed position;
- a front arm cap affixed atop the arm and extending from near a front of the arm to a front of the cup holder insert one end of the front arm cap covering the front of the cup holder insert to retain the cup holder insert in the top cutout;
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- a rear arm cap affixed atop the arm and extending from near a back of the arm to a back of the cup holder insert one end of the rear arm cap covering the back of the cup holder insert to retain the cup holder insert in the top cutout.
An armrest assembly, comprising:
- an arm comprising a top cutout;
- a cup holder insert removably disposed within the top cutout;
- a front arm cap affixed atop the arm and extending from near a front of the arm to a front of the cup holder insert;
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- a rear arm cap affixed atop the arm and extending from near a back of the arm to a back of the cup holder insert;
- wherein the front arm cap covers the front of the cup holder insert and the rear arm cap covers the back of the cup holder insert to retain the cup holder insert in place in the top cutout and prevent the cup holder insert from being pulled apart from the arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.