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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1984
Enrique Alie, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Arthur H Gilmore, New York, NY (US);
Henry J Mack, Jr, Levittown, PA (US);
Falcon Jet Corporation, Teterboro, NJ (US);
Abstract
An assembly for disposing passenger compartment air outlet and reading light units in either a first exposed orientation or a second hidden orientation includes a utility unit, providing unit support means and actuating means linked via linkage means to pivoting unit support means, the actuating means actuating the linkage means to dispose the unit supporting means in either an exposed or hidden orientation about a pivot point. In the exposed orientation, the utility unit may provide light or air functions to the passenger depending on the utility provided within the supporting means. In the hidden orientation, the respective air or light unit is hidden from the view of the passenger and a substantially contiguous surface of the unit supporting means is instead presented.