Folding table for fitting to the rear side of the back of a seat in a motor-coach or an aircraft

A folding table for fitting a rear side of a back of a seat in a motor-coach or an aircraft, comprising a folding table element;

• pivotal articulation means formed so that said folding table element is pivotable back and forth between an out-of-use position in which said folding table element lyes substantially flat against a rear side of a back of a seat and an in-use position in which said folding table element projects approximately horizontally from said rear side of the back of the seat;
• a holder provided for holding a drink container and movably connected to said folding table element;
• a guide connecting said holder with said folding table element so that said holder, when said folding table element is in the in-use position is movable back and forth between an out-of-use position in which said holder is stowed in said holding table element, and an in-use position in which a drink container can be placed into said holder;
• and a safety mounting provided for said folding table element and having a stop which limits a pivoting angle of said folding table element in direction of the in-use position, said stop being surmountable by a limit-value load acting on said folding table element in direction of the in-use position being exceeded, said pivotal articulation of said folding table element includes pin about which said folding table element is pivotable back and forth between the out-of-use position and in-use position, said stop projecting from a periphery of said pivot pin;
• a sliding spring;
• and a slide which is pressed by said sliding spring against said pivot pin and with which said stop cooperates, said stop disengaging said slide if the limit-value load acting on said folding table element is exceeded.

A folding table for fitting a rear side of a back of a seat in a motor-coach or an aircraft, comprising a folding table element;

• pivotal articulation means formed so that said folding table element is pivotable back and forth between an out-of-use position in which said folding table element lyes substantially flat against a rear side of a back of a seat and an in-use position in which said folding table element projects approximately horizontally from said rear side of the back of the seat;
• a holder provided for holding a drink container and movably connected to said folding table element;
• a guide connecting said holder with said folding table element so that said holder, when said folding table element is in the in-use position is movable back and forth between an out-of-use position in which said holder is stowed in said holding table element, and an in-use position in which a drink container can be placed into said holder;
• and a mounting for mounting said folding table element on the rear side of the back of the seat;
• and an adaptor which is fastenable to said folding table element by an interlocking connection in a definite angular position relative to a pivotal axis of said pivotal articulation, said adaptor is fastenable to said mounting by an interlocking connection in a definite angular position.