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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2019
B/e Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Ian L. Frost, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John R. Kuyper, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A table assembly including a first arm attachable to a fixed structure, a second arm pivotally attached to the first arm, a third arm is pivotally attached to the second arm, and a table attached to the third arm. The second arm is configured to maintain the first arm and the third arm parallel as the first arm and the third arm pivot simultaneously relative to the second arm. The second arm includes a tension member configured to transfer tension along the second arm from the first arm to the third arm as the first arm and third arm pivot simultaneously relative to the second arm. The tension member may be further configured to transfer compression along the second arm from the third arm to the first arm as the first arm and third arm pivot simultaneously relative to the second arm.