Sliding tray table with storage compartment

US10301028B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Benjamin D. Stephens · Atlanta, US
• Robert D. Wilkey · Atlanta, US
• Robert J. Henshaw · Newnan, US
• Francis Xavier L. Garing · Atlanta, US
• Alexander Nicholas Pozzi · Winston-Salem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 2017
• Grant date: May 28, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/0636
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft tray table assembly includes a recessed storage compartment covered by a pivoting lid which becomes an integral part of the tray table surface upon closing. A mirror may be fixedly attached to the inside of the lid. A passenger may be provided a mirror surface by flipping open the pivoting lid when positioned in a passenger seat within an aircraft. A retractor may be configured to closing of the pivoting lid when a passenger manually translates the tray table into a stowed position, thereby avoiding contact of the deployed lid with aircraft fixture surfaces proximate the stowed position of the tray table.