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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Cynthia A. Vandewall, Snohomish, WA (US);
Blake Lane, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Craig G. Vogel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Elizabeth O'Hearn, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brian Keller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Shuai Mu, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Chuyu Ruan, Guangzho, CN;
Swati Chopra, Dayton, OH (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
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.