Stowable door folding table
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsPeter J. L. Burd, Richard H. Jolley
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Abstract
A stowable folding table is disclosed. In embodiments, the folding table has a stowed (e.g., folded) state and a deployed state between two adjacent aircraft galley structures. The folding table includes two table segments coupled by a hinge; the two segments may be folded parallel to each other and stowed (e.g., in a galley cart bay or elsewhere in or on the adjacent galley structures). The stowed table is unfolded and deployed by attaching the first and second ends respectively to a galley structure (e.g., on either side of an exit door), such that one table segment extends at an angle to the other when deployed.
Claims14
A stowable folding table, comprising:
- a first table segment hingedly attached to a second table segment, the first table segment terminating in a first end and the second table segment terminating in a second end;
- the folding table having at least a deployed state and a folded state, the deployed state associated with attaching the first end to a first galley structure of an aircraft and the second end to a second galley structure of the aircraft, the first table segment extending at an angle to the second table segment when in the deployed state;
- the second end including a stepped-up portion having a greater height than the first table segment and the second table segment, the stepped-up portion capable of accommodating thereunder a cabin attendant seat mounted to the second galley structure when the folding table is in the deployed state;
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- the folding table stowable within either the first galley structure or the second galley structure, the first table segment parallel to the second table segment, when in the folded state.
A stowable folding table, comprising:
- a first table segment hingedly attached to a second table segment, the first table segment terminating in a first end and the second table segment terminating in a second end;
- the folding table having at least a deployed state and a folded state, the deployed state associated with attaching the first end to a first galley structure of an aircraft and the second end to a second galley structure of the aircraft, the first table segment extending at an angle to the second table segment when in the deployed state;
- the second end configured to engage with an attachment rail of the second galley structure, the attachment rail capable of securing the folding table in the deployed state;
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- the folding table stowable within either the first galley structure or the second galley structure, the first table segment parallel to the second table segment, when in the folded state.
A stowable folding table, comprising:
- a first table segment hingedly attached to a second table segment, the first table segment terminating in a first end and having a first underside, the second table segment terminating in a second end and having a second underside, the first underside and the second underside sharing at least one recess;
- the folding table having at least a deployed state and a folded state, the deployed state associated with attaching the first end to a first galley structure of an aircraft and the second end to a second galley structure of the aircraft, the first table segment extending at an angle to the second table segment when in the deployed state;
- either the first underside or the second underside including at least one brace disposed within the at least one recess, the at least one brace capable of slidably extending into the opposing underside to secure the folding table in the deployed state;
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- the folding table stowable within either the first galley structure or the second galley structure, the first table segment parallel to the second table segment, when in the folded state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.