Configurable tray table

US9415874B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Vicki Ann Curtis · Stanwood, US
• Kayla Dunn · Cincinnati, US
• Ricardo Elizondo Costa · San Luis Potosí, MX
• Colin Cansler Curry · Plano, US
• Sophie Prescott · Walnut Creek, US
• Lingyu Zhu · Cincinnati, US
• Sooshin Choi · Londonderry, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 16, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/0638
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods provide for a configurable tray table. According to aspects of the disclosure, a tray rail is rotatable connected to a frame of a support assembly. Three tray table segments create a tray assembly having a multi-planar configuration and is coupled to the tray rail. A first tray table segment is pivotally connected to a second tray table segment via a first hinged longitudinal edge of the second tray table segment. A third tray table segment is pivotally connected to the second tray table segment along a second hinged longitudinal edge that is parallel to the first hinged longitudinal edge.