The Boeing Company

Swati Chopra

Cynthia Anne Vandewall

Blake Lane

Craig Vogel

Brian Keller

Shuai Mu

Elizabeth O'Hearn

Chuyu Ruan

A support surface assembly includes a housing including a chamber and an opening. The support surface assembly also includes a support surface retractably coupled to the housing between a deployed position and a stored position. The support surface includes a plurality of slats pivotally coupled together, wherein each slat comprises a first end opening and an opposing second end opening. The support surface assembly also includes a plurality of rods associated with a corresponding slat of the plurality of slats. Each rod is positioned entirely within the first end opening of a first slat in the stored position and each rod is positioned partially within the second end opening of an adjacent second slat in the deployed position.

Retractable support surface and method of assembling the same

A pillow includes a support body. A shape-adapting frame is within the support body. The shape-adapting frame is configured to be moved into and maintained in a desired position. At least one sensor is configured to detect at least one condition. The sensor(s) may be in communication with a monitoring control unit of a monitoring system.

Pillow for passenger seat of a vehicle

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Dayton, OH, United States of America

Swati Chopra