Patent ID: 8931834
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A47C,B60N,B64D

Abstract:
1. An armrest assembly of a seat of a type that is convertible into a lie flat bed, comprising: (a) an armrest assembly that includes an armrest and an armrest housing in which the armrest is mounted for movement between an upper horizontal armrest position and a lower horizontal bed position; (b) a planar bed extension having an upper bed surface, and mounted in the armrest housing for movement between a stowed position wherein the bed extension is contained in a vertical position in the armrest housing and a deployed position wherein the bed extension is positioned exterior to the armrest housing in a raised, horizontal position with the bed surface in horizontal alignment with an upper horizontal surface of the armrest; and (c) the armrest and bed extension adapted to reside in horizontal alignment with a seat back and seat bottom of a lie flat seat to collectively define a portion of a bed.