B/e Aerospace, Inc.

Mark A Vanhoy

Zane M Yates

Troy R Blackburn

A meal table assembly for use in a seating arrangement including a side console. In embodiments, the meal table assembly includes a fixed column, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the fixed column, a support arm mounted to the sleeve, and a meal table mounted on the support arm. The assembly further includes a rotational lifting mechanism including at least one fixed lateral post mounted to the fixed column, and at least one helical slot provided in the sleeve, wherein the fixed lateral post and the helical slot are configured to interact to synchronize rotational and vertical motion of the sleeve relative to the fixed column. In further embodiments, the assembly may include a lifting mechanism for acting on the sleeve to provide lift assistance.

Meal table with rotational lifting assistance

A foot and leg rest deployment mechanism prevents the leg rest from rotating into an upright, deployed orientation until fully translated. Likewise, the deployment mechanism prevents the leg rest from translating while in an upright orientation. A rotation arm with a rotation locking channel prevents rotation until a locking arm is disengaged from the rotation locking channel via the locking arm engaging a translation locking portion of a translation channel. A single, linear actuator applies a force to cause both translation and rotation where the leg rest deployment mechanism controls the order of steps of deployment.

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Hamptonville, NC, United States of America

Mark A Vanhoy