Patent ID: 7966952

Claim:
A foldable table for aircraft interiors comprising: a base unit defining an upper supporting surface between front and rear edge regions thereof; and a bifold table comprised of proximal and distal table panels each having opposed forward and rearward edges; a primary hinge which connects the forward edge of the proximal table panel to the front edge region of the base unit; a secondary hinge which connects the rearward edge of the proximal table panel to the rearward edge of the distal table panel, wherein the primary and secondary hinges allow for the proximal and distal table panels to be hingedly movable relative to one another and to the base unit between (i) a stowed condition wherein the proximal and distal table panels are supported on the upper surface of the base unit in such a manner that the proximal and distal table panels are stacked one on top of the other with the distal table panel being sandwiched between the proximal table panel and the upper surface of the base unit with the opposed forward and rearward edge regions of the proximal and distal table panels being stacked over the front and rear edges of the base unit, respectively, and (ii) a deployed condition wherein the proximal and distal table panels are disposed horizontally adjacent one another in a cantilevered manner with the proximal table panel connected to the front edge region of the base unit by the primary hinge and the proximal and distal table panels connected to one another at the respective rearward edges thereof such that the proximal table panel is horizontally interposed between the distal table panel and the upper surface of the base unit.