Table device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11186372-B2
Application number	US-201816634418-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2018
Priority date	Jul 28, 2017
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A table device for a seat, in particular for an aircraft seat, comprising:
a table unit which is configured for being adjustable at least between a use position and a stowage position, and
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,
wherein 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,
wherein the locking module has an actuation mechanism which is disposed at least substantially in the attachment unit and is configured for an actuation of the force-fit and/or form-fit elements,
wherein the locking module has at least one actuation element which is configured for manual operation by a passenger and is attached to the table unit, the actuation element including at least one force-fit and/or form-fit element 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, and
wherein the force-fit and/or form-fit elements are configured for being adjusted between a release position, in which the force-fit and/or form-fit elements are disposed at least substantially in the attachment unit, and a locked position, in which the force-fit and/or form-fit elements at least in part engage in a form-fitting manner in the table unit.

2. The table device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the actuation element when coupling to the attachment unit is configured for initiating a relative movement of the table unit and the attachment unit.

3. The table device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the actuation element when coupling to the attachment unit is configured for an actuation of the actuation mechanism.

4. The table device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the force-fit and/or form-fit elements are configured for locking the table unit by way of a friction fit and, in the event of a force in an opening direction of the table unit, for increasing the friction fit by way of self-reinforcement.

5. The table device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the force-fit and/or form-fit elements are disposed in the table unit and for locking the table unit are configured for being in each case at least substantially encompassed by at least one form-fit element disposed in the attachment unit, and
wherein the form-fit element disposed in the attachment unit for unlocking is supported so as to be elastically deflectable and/or movable.

6. The table device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the locking module has at least one unlocking element which for unlocking the force-fit and/or form-fit elements is configured for elastically deforming and/or moving the form-fit elements at least in part.

7. The table device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the force-fit and/or form-fit elements are configured for coupling the table unit to the attachment unit by way of a force-fitting and/or form-fitting connection that is releasable in an opening direction of the table unit.

8. The table device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the locking module has an actuation mechanism which comprises at least one lever element which is configured for actively pushing or pulling at least one of the force-fit and/or form-fit elements out of a locked position.

9. The table device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the table unit is implemented of at least two base bodies which are pivotably connected to one another by way of at least one support unit and which to this end have at least one articulation element which is embodied as a bearing pin, and
wherein the force-fit and/or form-fit elements implemented by the table unit are implemented by the articulation element.

10. A seat, in particular an aircraft seat, having at least one seat component, in particular a seat component realized as a back rest, and having a table device as claimed in claim 1 .

11. The seat as claimed in claim 10 ,
wherein the seat component implements a storage region, in particular a high literature pocket,
wherein the table device has an attachment unit realized as a back rest bridge, and
wherein an opening implementing a fill-in opening of the storage region is disposed between the attachment unit and the seat component.

12. A table unit having a table device as claimed in claim 1 .

13. A table device for a seat, in particular for an aircraft seat, comprising:
a table unit which is configured for being adjustable at least between a use position and a stowage position, and
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, wherein 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,
wherein the table unit is implemented of at least two base bodies which are pivotably connected to one another by way of at least one support unit and which to this end have at least one articulation element which is embodied as a bearing pin, wherein the force-fit and/or form-fit elements implemented by the table unit are implemented by the articulation element,
wherein two of the form-fit elements are disposed in the attachment unit and two of the form-fit elements are fixedly connected to the table unit,
wherein the form-fit elements disposed in the attachment unit each comprise a pivotably supported latching element, and
wherein the form-fit elements of the table unit are implemented so as to correspond to the form-fit elements of the attachment unit.

Assignees

• Recaro Aircraft Seating Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Drenzeck Thomas
• Dern Patrick
• Erb Andreas
• Schweizer Oliver
• Schreyer Tim
• Thiele Maik
• Weisenberger Simon
• Müller Michael
• Wagner Michael
• Fröbel Marcel
• Lakeit Stefan
• Reichert Jan

Classifications

• B64D11/0605

  including tables or desks · CPC title

• B60N3/004

  of foldable trays mounted on the back-rest · CPC title

• B64D11/0636

  Personal storage means or waste disposal bags · CPC title

• B64D11/0638 Primary

  with foldable tables, trays or cup holders · CPC title