Table device

US11186372B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas DRENZECK · Michelfeld, DE
• Patrick Dern · Menden, DE
• Andreas Erb · Schwäbisch Hall, DE
• Oliver Schweizer · Stavenhagen, DE
• Tim Schreyer · Hillsboro, US
• Maik THIELE · Heppenheim, DE
• Simon Weisenberger · Leutershausen, DE
• Michael Muller · Harper Woods, US
• Michael Wagner · Sankt Ingbert, DE
• Marcel Fröbel · Schwäbisch Hall, DE
• Stefan Lakeit · Königheim, DE
• Jan Reichert · Ilsfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 30, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/0605
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A table device for a seat, in particular for an aircraft seat, includes a table unit which is configured for being adjustable at least between a use position and a stowage position, and has at least one locking module which has at least one attachment unit which is configured for being at least in part fixedly connected to a seat component, wherein the table unit at least in the stowage position is lockable to the attachment unit. The locking module has at least two force-fit and/or form-fit elements, by means of which the table unit in a locked state is coupled in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner to the attachment unit.