Easy cleanable food tray
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorTom M. Jensen
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Abstract
A table that is stowable and deployable from a seatback of a passenger seat includes a substantially planar food tray with a first surface and a second surface substantially parallel to the first surface. The tray is stowed in a substantially vertical position with the first surface facing a seated passenger. The stowed tray is held in position with a moveable switch engaged against the first surface. A device for stowing and deploying the tray is mounted on the second surface. A pair of legs is mounted to the device. Each leg has a first end attached to the device and a second end attached to the seat. Upon turning the switch clear of the first surface, the device slidably urges the first surface from its stowed position to a deployed, substantially horizontal position, with the first surface facing upwards.
Claims21
A table stowable and deployable from a seatback of a passenger seat, the table comprising:
- a substantially planar tray having a first surface and a second surface that is substantially parallel to the first surface, the tray being stowable in the seatback in a first position that is substantially vertical and with the first surface facing outwardly from the seatback;
- a moveable switch arranged to engage the first surface;
- a pair of legs, each of the legs having a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the passenger seat;
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- means for positioning the tray, the positioning means being attached to the second end of each of the legs, the positioning means slidably urging the first surface of the tray facing upwardly as the tray is deployed from the first position to a second position that is substantially horizontal vertical and with the first surface facing upwardly in response to the moveable switch being turned to clear the first surface.
A table stowable and deployable from a seatback of a passenger seat, the table comprising:
- a substantially planar tray having a first surface and a second surface that is substantially parallel to the first surface, the tray being stowable in the seatback in a first position that is substantially vertical and with the first surface facing outwardly from the seatback;
- a moveable switch rotatably attached to the seatback and arranged to slidably engage the first surface, the tray being held in the first position by the moveable switch;
- a pair of legs, each of the legs having a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the passenger seat;
- means for positioning the tray, the positioning means being attached to the second end of each of the legs, the positioning means slidably urging the first surface of the tray facing upwardly as the tray is deployed from the first position to a second position that is substantially horizontal and with the first surface facing upwardly in response to the moveable switch being turned to clear the first surface;
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- a quick release mechanism for detaching and reattaching to the tray to the pair of legs.
A table stowable and deployable from a seatback of a passenger seat, the table comprising:
- a substantially planar tray having a first surface and a second surface that is substantially parallel to the first surface, the tray being stowable in the seatback in a first position that is substantially vertical and with the first surface facing outwardly from the seatback;
- a moveable switch rotatably attached to the seatback and arranged to slidably engage the first surface, the tray being held in the first position by the moveable switch;
- a pair of legs, each of the legs having a first end and a second end, the first end being pivotably attached to a stationary region of the passenger seat;
- means for positioning the tray, the positioning means being attached to the second end of each of the legs, the positioning means slidably urging the first surface of the tray facing upwardly as the tray is deployed from the first position to a second position that is substantially horizontal in response to the moveable switch being turned to clear the first surface, such that during deployment and stowage the tray pivots about the stationary region and is not affected by seatback tilting caused by a forward seated passenger;
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- a quick release mechanism for detaching and reattaching to the tray to the pair of legs.
A table stowable and deployable from a seatback of a passenger seat, the table comprising:
- a substantially planar tray having a serving surface and a non-serving surface that is substantially parallel to the serving surface, the tray being stowable in a stowed position in the seatback such that the serving surface is substantially vertical and facing outwardly away from the seatback and the non-serving surface is substantially vertical and facing inwardly toward the seatback;
- a moveable switch rotatably attached to the seatback and arranged to slidably engage the serving surface, the tray being held in the stowed position by the moveable switch;
- a pair of legs, each of the legs having a first end and a second end, the first end being pivotably attached to a stationary region of the passenger seat, the second end being attached to the tray;
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- means for positioning the tray, the positioning means being attached to the non-serving surface and to the second end of each of the legs, the positioning means slidably urging the serving surface of the tray to face upwards as the tray is moved from the stowed position to a deployed position that is substantially horizontal to the stowed position, such that the serving surface faces upwardly when the tray is in the serving position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.