Aircraft tray table retention assembly

An aircraft tray table retention assembly, comprising:

• a seat magnetic component installed within a rear bezel of an aircraft seat;
• and
• a tray table magnetic component installed within an aircraft tray table, the aircraft tray table comprising a casing and a frame installed within the casing, a top surface of the aircraft tray table being a surface of the casing, the frame including a cut-out receiving at least a portion of the tray table magnetic component, the aircraft tray table coupled to the aircraft seat via at least one of one or more hinges or a set of rails, the aircraft tray table configured to actuate between a stowed position and a deployed position via the at least one of the one or more hinges or the set of rails,
• the tray table magnetic component configured to engage the seat magnetic component when the aircraft tray table is in the stowed position,
• the top surface of the aircraft tray table being in contact with at least one of the seat magnetic component or the rear bezel when the aircraft tray table is in the stowed position,
• the tray table magnetic component being configured to disengage from the seat magnetic component when a force is applied to at least one of a side surface, an edge, or a corner of the aircraft tray table.