Passenger seat with self-stowing portable electronic device holder

A portable electronic device (PED) holder configured to be installed and stowed in a recess formed in a seat back, the recess located behind a tray table of the seat back when the tray table is in a stowed position, and the PED holder configured to be stowed in the recess by being contacted by the tray table during stowing action of the tray table against the recess, the PED holder comprising:

• a backstop configured to be pivotally attached along a top edge thereof to the seat back, the backstop configured to rotate between a stowed position in the recess and a deployed position outside of the recess;
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• a shelf pivotally attached along one edge thereof to a bottom edge of the backstop;
• wherein, when the backstop is fully deployed, an angle formed between the backstop and a vertical axis is no greater than about negative 45 degrees;
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• wherein, when the shelf is fully deployed, the shelf is oriented substantially horizontal.

An assembly configured to be installed on a back of a passenger seat, the passenger seat including a tray table configured to cover the assembly when the tray table is in a stowed position, the assembly comprising:

• a shroud configured to be affixed to the passenger seat, the shroud defining a recess;
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• a portable electronic device holder (PED), stowable in the recess, comprising:
• a backstop pivotally attached along a top edge thereof to the shroud, the backstop configured to rotate between a stowed position in the recess and a deployed position outside of the recess;
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• a shelf pivotally attached along one edge thereof to a bottom edge of the backstop;
• wherein, when the backstop is fully deployed, an angle formed between the backstop and a vertical axis is no greater than about negative 45 degrees;
• and
• wherein, when the shelf is fully deployed, the shelf is oriented substantially horizontal;
• wherein, when the tray table, the backstop, and the shelf are each fully deployed, stowing motion of the tray table to cover the assembly causes the tray table to contact the shelf, the shelf to rotate toward the backstop, and the backstop to rotate into the recess thereby stowing the PED in the recess.