Vertically stowed padded tray table for passenger seat
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorIan L. Frost
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Abstract
A passenger seat or group of seats includes a tray table set into the armrest on either side of the associated seat, the tray table capable of translating lengthwise along the armrest and pivoting between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the stowed configuration, the tray table extends vertically above the armrest and may be stowed between (and partially behind) the associated seat and an adjacent seat, serving as a partial barrier between the two seats. In the deployed configuration, the tray table extends horizontally across the associated seat for use by the occupying passenger. The tray table is padded on its underside to provide the passenger with head and shoulder support when in the stowed configuration.
Claims10
A passenger seat with a vertically stowed tray table, comprising:
- a seat frame mountable to a floor of an aircraft cabin;
- a seatback pivotably mountable to the seat frame, the seatback and the seat frame collectively configured to accommodate a passenger;
- at least one armrest attached to the seatback on the left or right side;
- at least one runner bar set into an underside of the armrest and extending between a back end and a forward end;
- at least one bushing configured to translate lengthwise between the back end and the forward end of the runner bar;
- at least one tray table slidably attached to the armrest by an extender defining a space between the tray table and the armrest, the extender attached to the armrest via the at least one bushing, the tray table configured to:
- translate lengthwise along the armrest;
- and
- pivot between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, the stowed configuration associated with a substantially vertical orientation above the armrest and proximate to the seatback, the deployed configuration associated with a substantially horizontal orientation extending partially across the passenger seat;
- the tray table including a partially padded underside configured to support the passenger when in the stowed configuration.
A passenger seating assembly, comprising:
- a support frame mountable to a floor of an aircraft cabin;
- a plurality of seatbacks pivotably attached to the support frame, each seatback associated with a passenger seat configured to accommodate a passenger;
- a plurality of armrests attached to the plurality of seatbacks, the plurality of armrests including at least one first armrest comprising:
- at least one runner bar set into an underside of the first armrest and extending between a back end and a forward end;
- and
- at least one bushing configured to translate lengthwise between the back end and the forward end of the runner bar;
- and
- at least one tray table slidably attached to the first armrest by an extender defining a space between the tray table and the armrest, the extender attached to the first armrest via the at least one bushing, the at least one tray table configured to:
- translate lengthwise along the first armrest;
- and
- pivot between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, the stowed configuration associated with a substantially vertical orientation above the first armrest and proximate to the seatback, the deployed configuration associated with a substantially horizontal orientation extending partially across the associated passenger seat,
- the tray table including a partially padded underside configured to support the passenger when the tray table is in the stowed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.