Aircraft Seat and Holding Device
AssigneeLufthansa Technik AG
InventorsOliver Thomaschewski, Frank Klatt
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention elate to an aircraft seat incorporating a holding device, such as a drink holder and a holding device, such as a drinker holder. In specific embodiments, the holding device allows an improved retention of receptacles having a stem, a bowl, and a foot. According to specific embodiments, the holding device incorporates a holding plate that has a recess for receiving the receptacle in the region of the bowl, at least one peripheral region of the recess extending as far as an edge of the holding plate, the holding plate being arranged in the use position such that the recess is freely accessible.
Claims20
An aircraft seat, comprising:
- at least one mount;
- a supporting platform;
- and
- a holding plate, wherein the holding plate is rotatably connected to the supporting platform, wherein the holding plate has a recess for receiving a receptacle having a stem, a bowl, and a foot in a region of the bowl, wherein the recess is open to an edge of the holding plate;
- wherein the supporting platform with the holding plate rotatably connected to the supporting platform is configured to movably transition between a parked position and a use position, wherein in the parked position, the supporting platform with the holding plate rotatably connected to the supporting platform is held in the at least one mount, wherein in the use position, the supporting platform with the holding plate interconnected is extended out of the at least one mount,
- wherein when the supporting platform with the holding plate rotatably connected is in the use position the recess is accessible to receive the receptacle having the stem, the bowl, and the foot.
A holding device, comprising:
- a supporting platform;
- and
- a holding plate, wherein the holding plate is rotatably connected to the supporting platform, wherein the holding plate has a recess for receiving a receptacle having a stem, a bowl, and a foot in a region of the bowl, wherein the recess is open to an edge of the holding plate;
- wherein the recess comprises at least one peripheral region of the recess, wherein each peripheral region of the at least one peripheral region is open to the edge of the holding plate,
- wherein in a use position, the holding plate is rotatably aligned with the supporting platform such that the recess is accessible for receiving the receptacle having the stem, the bowl, and the foot.
An aircraft, comprising:
- a supporting platform;
- and
- a holding plate, wherein the holding plate is rotatably connected to the supporting platform, wherein the holding plate has a recess for receiving a receptacle having a stem, a bowl, and a foot in a region of the bowl, wherein the recess is open to an edge of the holding plate;
- wherein the recess comprises at least one peripheral region of the recess, wherein each peripheral region of the at least one peripheral region is open to the edge of the holding plate,
- wherein in a use position, the holding plate is rotatably aligned with the supporting platform such that the recess is accessible for receiving the receptacle having the stem, the bowl, and the foot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.