Arm trays for chairs, including spa chairs
AssigneeContego Spa Designs, Inc.
InventorLan Van Ta
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Abstract
Arm trays for chairs, including spa chairs, and spa chairs having such arm trays. The arm trays The arm trays are mounted to, and stowable completely within, the arm of the chair. The arm trays comprise a tray panel rotatably attachable to an arm of a chair via an axle. The arm tray is configured such that an outer perimeter fits substantially entirely within a horizontal slot of the arm of the chair, and such that the first tray panel is rotatable between a stowed position in which the first tray panel is positioned substantially entirely within the horizontal slot and a deployed position in which at least a portion of the first tray panel is outside of the horizontal slot such that items can be placed on the top surface of the first tray panel.
Claims20
An arm tray for a chair, comprising:
- a first tray panel having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top surface and an outer perimeter;
- an axle having an axis of rotation, the axle disposed on the first tray panel proximate the first end of the first tray panel such that the first tray panel is rotatable about the axis of rotation, the axle configured to be attached to an arm of a chair such that the axis of rotation is substantially vertical and the first tray panel is rotatable in a substantially horizontal plane about the axis of rotation;
- wherein the first tray panel is configured such that the outer perimeter fits substantially entirely within a horizontal slot of the arm of the chair, and such that the first tray panel is rotatable between a stowed position in which the first tray panel is positioned substantially entirely within the horizontal slot and a deployed position in which at least a portion of the first tray panel is outside of the horizontal slot such that items can be placed on the top surface of the first tray panel.
A chair, comprising:
- a seat for a person to sit upon, the seat having a front side, a back side, a left side and a right side;
- a first arm extending upward to the outside of one of the left side of the seat or the right side of the seat, the first arm having a horizontal slot open on an inner side of the first arm and on an outer side of the first arm;
- a first arm tray, comprising:
- a first tray panel having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top surface and an outer perimeter;
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- an axle having an axis of rotation, the axle disposed on the first tray panel proximate the first end of the first tray panel such that the first tray panel is rotatable about the axis of rotation;
- wherein the first tray panel is rotatably mounted within the horizontal slot via the axle being attached to the first arm such that the axis of rotation is substantially vertical and the first tray panel is rotatable in a substantially horizontal plane about the axis of rotation, wherein the outer perimeter of the first tray panel fits substantially entirely within the horizontal slot of the first arm of the chair, and the first tray panel is rotatable between a stowed position entirely within the horizontal slot and a deployed position at least partially outside of the horizontal slot such that items can be placed on the top surface of the first tray panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.