Table For Aircraft Interiors
AssigneeTextron Aviation Inc.
InventorsJason Michael Decker, Michael Scott Robinson, Christopher Adair Pinkerton
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a table in aircraft is disclosed. The table is able to be deployed out such that it extends across an aisle towards an inwardly-facing seat on the other side. The extension enables passengers sitting in the side facing seat to support articles and otherwise use the extended surface area.
Claims8
A system for use in an aircraft, the aircraft having a cabin area including a floor area defining an aisle, a forward-facing seat and an aft-facing seat on opposite sides of a table, the forward and aft facing seats being located across the aisle from a side-facing seat, the system comprising:
- a table extension member, the extension member being positionable from a retracted mode where the extension member is at least partially concealed beneath the table, and into a deployed mode where the extension member is extended at least partially out into the aisle to an extent that the extension member is able to support articles for the benefit of a passenger sitting in the side-facing seat.
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