Patent ID: 8336957

Claim:
A tray table assembly comprising: (a) a table body comprising at least one shaft; (b) at least one arm comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is pivotally coupled to the at least one shaft and the second end is configured to pivotally couple to a pivot shaft in a location interior to at least one location where a passenger seat back is pivotally coupled to the pivot shaft; and (c) at least one table stop comprising an end, wherein the at least one table stop is configured to couple to the at least one arm, and wherein the end of the at least one table stop is configured to fixedly couple to the pivot shaft in a location adjacent the location where the second end of the at least one arm is configured to pivotally couple to the pivot shaft; wherein the table body further comprises at least one rotation limiting pin and the at least one arm further comprises a rotation limiting pin receiver, wherein a side of the rotation limiting pin receiver is configured to contact the at least one rotation limiting pin when the table body is positioned at a released table body angle.