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Laterally-expanding tray table

US9573687B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19References

4Claims

0Family size

Assignee

B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

Benjamin D. Stephens · Atlanta, US
Mark A. Kruse · Atlanta, US
Francis Xavier L. Garing · Atlanta, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 5, 2015
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 5, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D11/00151
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat back tray table that includes an arm assembly attached to a seat having a seat back, and moveable between a stowed position and a deployed, use position, a first table segment carried by the arm assembly and moveable with the arm assembly between a stowed position against a stowage area of the seat back and a deployed position aft of the stowage area, and a second table segment carried by the first table segment and moveable between a stored position within the stowage area of the seat back and a deployed position laterally-extended from the first table segment to increase the total surface area of the tray table.

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