Screen support configured for attachment to a backrest of a seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018305021-A1
Application number	US-201815954713-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 17, 2018
Priority date	Apr 21, 2017
Publication date	Oct 25, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A screen support configured to attach a screen to a seat equipped with a rear enclosure and including an attachment system configured to clamp the rods of a headrest of the seat, a support system including a limb connected to the attachment system and at least one support runner connected to the limb and configured to bear against the rear enclosure, and an engagement system configured to permit the temporary attachment of a screen and connected to the third limb.

First claim

1 . A screen support adapted for attaching a screen to a seat equipped with a rear enclosure and including:
an attachment system configured to clamp the rods of a headrest of the seat and which comprises:
first and second limbs comprising first and second extremities,
a first articulation which connects the first extremities of the limbs,
a first closing mechanism configured to adopt an attached state in which the first closing mechanism connects the second extremities of the first and second limbs and a detached state in which the first closing mechanism permits the first and second limbs to move apart, and
an engagement system configured to permit the temporary attachment of a screen,
a support system including a third limb connected to the attachment system and at least one support runner connected to the third limb and configured to bear against the rear enclosure, the engagement system being connected to the third limb.

2 . The screen support according to claim 1 , wherein the screen support comprises a cross member that is adjustable in length and which connects the third limb and the first limb of the attachment system.

3 . The screen support according to claim 1 , wherein the third limb has a length equal to or greater than a width of the seat and wherein the support system comprises:
a second cross member which exhibits a first extremity and a second extremity, a second articulation which connects the first extremity of the second cross member and the second extremity of one of the first and second limbs, a second closing mechanism configured to adopt an attached state in which the second closing mechanism connects the second extremity of the cross member and the second extremity of the third limb and a detached state in which the second closing mechanism permits the second extremity of the second cross member and the second extremity of the third limb to move apart.

4 . The screen support according to claim 1 , wherein each support runner comprises a rigid plate which exhibits a contact surface oriented towards the rear enclosure and a coating which at least partially covers the contact surface and which is made of a soft material in order not to mark the rear enclosure and adopt a form of the rear enclosure.

5 . The screen support according to claim 1 , wherein each support runner is rectangular and is oriented in such a way that its large side is perpendicular to the third limb.

6 . The screen support according to claim 1 , wherein the screen support comprises first and second support runners that are disposed equidistantly from the first and second extremities of the third limb moved as far apart as possible.

7 . The screen support according to claim 6 , wherein the third limb comprises
a first portion which extends from the first extremity of the third limb as far as the first support runner, a second portion which extends from the first support runner as far as the second support runner, and a third portion which extends from the second support runner as far as the second extremity of the third limb, wherein the first and third portions are substantially in alignment and are connected equidistantly from the upper and lower extremities of the support runners, and wherein the second portion is offset in relation to the first and third portions and connects the lower extremities of the support runners.

8 . The screen support according to claim 6 , wherein the engagement system comprises a cylinder which exhibits first and second extremities as well as first and second lugs which connect respectively the first and second extremities and the first and second support runners.

9 . An aircraft seat comprising a screen support according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas
• Airbus Sas

Inventors

• Marquet Gilles
• Audibert Marc
• Thabault Damien
• Harlay Christophe

Classifications

• B60N2/879

  with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers · CPC title

• B64D11/00152 Primary

  Seat back fixtures for removable monitors, e.g. tablet computers · CPC title

• B60N2002/905

  the head-rest or seat used as an anchorage point, for an object not covered by groups in B60N, e.g. for a canvas · CPC title

• F16B2/10

  using pivoting jaws · CPC title

• B60R11/02

  for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof · CPC title