Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60N3/00—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for
  • B60N3/001—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of tables or trays
  • B60N3/002—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of tables or trays of trays
  • B60N3/004—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of tables or trays of trays of foldable trays mounted on the back-rest
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
  • B61D33/00—Seats
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
  • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
  • B64D11/00—Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
  • B64D11/06—Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats
  • B64D11/0602—Seat modules, i.e. seat systems including furniture separate from the seat itself
  • B64D11/0605—Seat modules, i.e. seat systems including furniture separate from the seat itself including tables or desks
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
  • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
  • B64D11/00—Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
  • B64D11/06—Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats
  • B64D11/0627—Seats combined with storage means
  • B64D11/0636—Personal storage means or waste disposal bags
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
  • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
  • B64D11/00—Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
  • B64D11/06—Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats
  • B64D11/0638—Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats with foldable tables, trays or cup holders

Definitions

• the invention relates to a table to be attached at the rear of a chair back, where the table comprises two table surfaces being attached to the back of the chair in such a manner that they can be swung out from an erect position parallel to the chair back to an operative position, in which position the table surfaces are parallel to each other at different horizontal levels.
• Tables of this sort are especially used in connection with seats, where the person sitting must be able to put objects or place e.g. food and beverages on the tables.
• Tables with two table surfaces are e.g. known from the specification of US Patent No. 2,973,028 which concerns a table device which can be attached rear- wardly projecting from the back of a chair.
• the tables are hinged to a floor bracket in such a manner that the upper table must be swung out and up before the lower table can be swung out and down. This limits the number of choices in that it is only possible to have either the upper table or having both tables together tilted down at the same time.
• a table is known with only one single table surface which can be swung out and down from a folded-up position, where the table surface by means of a catch is held firmly to the back of the
• This table surface is especially used in passenger cabins where it is required that the table is low-weight and takes up only little space in its folded-up position.
• This first of all provides the possibility of choosing to unfold the lower table surface only or to unfold the lower as well as the upper table surfaces simulta ⁇ neously.
• the lower table surface is largest.
• a particularly advan ⁇ tageous construction is achieved which fully meets the requirements for a large as well as a small table for a tray, plates, and food, and for glasses, cups and beverages, respectively. This means that a better distribution of the objects on the tables is obtained, and consequently a more aesthetic and practical separation between the various objects.
• this plate can by the single plate position form part of this, and therefore it will not extend beyond the table surface thereby being inconvenient to the user.
• a shelf may in the erect position of the table surfaces be tilted down, which makes it possible to place a cup, glass or the like on the shelf which will only take up as much space between the rows of chairs as the size of the shelf.
• fig. 1 shows an embodiment with distance rails between the table surfaces in their unfolded position
• fig. 2 shows the table surfaces in their erect position
• fig. 3 shows the shelf unfolded in the erect position of the tables
• fig. 4 shows another embodiment with plate between the table surfaces in their unfolded position
• fig. 5 shows the plate and the upper table surface unfolded to form one table only.
• figs. 1-3 is shown an example of an embodiment of the table, mounted at the back of a chair back 1 provided with a net bag 2, in that the individual parts are best observed in the unfolded position of the table, as shown in fig. 1.
• the actual table comprises a rectan ⁇ gular plate 4, which at its outer edge may have rounded corners.
• the table 4 Along the outer part of the table 4 it is provided with an underlying shelf 11 which may be swung out and which is mounted to the side edges of the table 4 by means of an axle 6 or the like. Moreover, the shelf 11 is held firmly to the table 4 by means of a spring lock, magnetic lock or the like, in order that it may be locked to the table, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, or be tilted down, as shown in fig. 3.
• the shelf may be provided with one or several recesses
• This embodiment meets several requirements, i.e. that there is a choice between two unfolded tables
• the rails are replaced by a rectangular plate 4' , which partly connects the lower table surface 4 with the upper surface 5, but which is also provided with some kind of a stop, such as supporting means 14.
• a stop such as supporting means 14.
• the upper surface 5 is provided with braces 15 or the like, but the supporting means 14 as well as the braces 15 may be integral with the hinges 12, 13.
• This embodiment have two operative positions, i . e .- partly the double table, as shown in fig. 4, and partly the single table, as shown in fig. 5.
• the plates 4, 4' and 5 are put together in that the upper plate 5 is tilted around to abut the front side of the distance plate 4'.
• a further feature of this embodiment is that light and strong materials can be used in order that the added utility value causes no weight problems.
• Fur ⁇ thermore, the small plate 5 may also in this embodi- ment be supplied with recesses corresponding to those shown in the shelf in fig. 2.

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• Special Chairs (AREA)

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