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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Bernd Plocher, Rottenburg-Seebronn, DE;
Stefan Kuehn, Neubulach, DE;
Andre Hein, Herrenberg, DE;
Michael Keller, Freudenstadt, DE;
Soeren Groth, Herrenberg, DE;
Monika Jessberger, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Franz Kriegelsteiner, Illerkirchberg, DE;
Other;
Abstract
A folding table for fitting to a rear side of a back of a seat in a motor-coach or an aircraft has a folding table element, pivotal articulation means formed so that the folding table element is pivotable back and forth between an out-of-use position in which the folding table element lyes substantially flat against a rear side of a back of a seat and an in-use position in which the folding table element projects approximately horizontally from the rear side of the back of the seat, a holder provided for holding a drink container and movably connected to the holding table element, a guide connecting the holder with the holding table element so that the holder, when the folding table element is in the in-use position is movable back and forth between an out-of-use position in which the holder is stowed in the holding table element, and an in-use position in which a drink container can be placed into the holder.