Seat with a retractable table
AssigneeBertrand Faure Equipements SA
InventorClaude Duboulet
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Abstract
The seat includes a back whose rear face is provided with a retractable table hinged thereto and including a strut having a first end pivotally mounted to the rear face of the back for selectively holding the table in a retracted position and in a deployed position. The table also has at least one cam secured to the rear face of the back and possessing a sliding path which co-operates resiliently with the strut, which strut has a second end slidably mounted relative to a guide secured to the table, the sliding path of the cam being curvilinear so as to oppose and enhance in succession the movement of the table from one of its two positions to the other.
Claims10
A seat including a back having a rear face provided with a retractable table hinged to move between a retracted position in which the table is substantially parallel to the rear face of the back and a deployed position in which the table is substantially perpendicular to the rear face of the back, the table having a strut with a first end pivotally mounted on the rear face of the back to hold the table selectively in each of said retracted and deployed positions, wherein the back further includes at least one cam secured to the rear face of the back and possessing a sliding path that co-operates resiliently with the strut, which strut has a second end slidably mounted relative to a guide secured to the table, the sliding path of the cam being curvilinear so as to oppose and then to enhance, in succession, movement of the table from one of its retracted and deployed positions towards the other one of said two positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.