Personal Electronic Device Holder and Charger
AssigneeElevate Aircraft Seating LLC
InventorMax Zenon Wisniewski
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Abstract
A passenger suite for an aircraft. The passenger suite includes an aircraft seat and a personal electronic device (PED) holder positioned at an eye level of a passenger seated in the aircraft seat. The PED holder includes a frame mounted to a seatback shell of another passenger suite positioned forward of the aircraft seat. The PED also includes a vertical planar surface within the frame. The PED holder also includes a movable bar that is movable relative to the frame and a bias acting on the movable bar urges the movable bar towards the frame. The PED holder also includes a wireless charger embedded in the vertical planar surface.
Claims20
A personal electronic device (PED) holder for an aircraft seat, comprising:
- a vertical planar surface surrounded by a frame, the vertical planar surface facing the aircraft seat,
- a movable bar having a bias towards the frame;
- and
- a leading edge of the movable bar having an angled surface;
- wherein the bias clamps a PED between the movable bar and the frame and the angled surface urges the PED against the vertical planar surface.
A passenger suite for an aircraft, comprising:
- an aircraft seat;
- and
- a personal electronic device (PED) holder positioned at an eye level of a passenger seated in the aircraft seat, wherein the personal electronic device (PED) holder comprises:
- a frame mounted to a seatback shell of another passenger suite positioned forward of the aircraft seat;
- a vertical planar surface seated within the frame;
- a movable bar movable relative to the frame;
- a bias acting on the movable bar urging the movable bar towards the frame;
- and
- a wireless PED charger embedded in the vertical planar surface.
A method for holding a personal electronic device (PED) in a passenger suite of an aircraft, comprising:
- sliding a movable bar against a bias to open a compartment within a frame mounted to a seatback shell of another passenger suite positioned forward of the passenger suite;
- placing a PED against a vertical planar surface surrounded by the frame;
- and
- releasing the movable bar such that the bias clamps the PED between the movable bar and the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.