Patent ID: 6827026
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B60N,B64D

Abstract:
A passenger seat, comprising:(a) a ladder frame assembly including a leg for being attached to a supporting surface; (b) a seat bottom assembly carried by the ladder frame assembly; (c) a seat back carried by the ladder frame assembly; (d) a meal tray for being used by a passenger seated aft of the passenger seat, the meal tray being mounted on the passenger seat for movement between a stowage position flush against a rear-facing surface of the seat back and a lowered, horizontal use position; (e) a latch access port extending through the meal tray from a top side to a bottom side thereof; (f) a latch plate for being secured to the seat back; (g) a latch for being carried by the latch plate for cooperation with the latch access port in the meal tray, said latch being rotatably-mounted for movement between: (i) a release position wherein the latch is extendable through the latch access port for permitting movement of the meal tray to and from the stowage position and the use position; and (ii) a locking position wherein the latch locks the meal tray in the stowage position against the seat back.