IP Library Granted Patent US 8,430,041
Granted Patent B2
US 8,430,041 · App. 13/063,681 · Granted Apr 30, 2013

Table to be set up in a passenger railway vehicle

Inventor: Frederic Moronval (Angers, FR)
Assignee: Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais SNCF
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Patent No.
US 8,430,041
App. No.
13/063,681
Granted
Apr 30, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Table designed to be set up in a passenger railway vehicle and positioned between at least two seats facing each other, the said table comprising at least two folding trays, each tray facing a seat and comprising a first portion hinged to a second portion at an edge characterised in that it comprises a fixed housing positioned above the plane defined by the trays when they are in a horizontal unfolded position, the said fixed housing being capable of receiving the trays when they are in a vertical folded back position in which the first and second portion are arranged vertically against each other, the second portion being hinged to the fixed housing at an edge opposite the edge cooperating with the first portion of the tray.

Claims (8)

1. A table designed to be set up in a passenger railway vehicle and positioned between at least two seats facing each other, the table comprising:

at least two folding trays, each tray facing a seat and each tray comprising a first portion hinged to a second portion at an edge;

a fixed housing positioned above the plane defined by the trays when they are in a horizontal unfolded position, the fixed housing being capable of receiving the trays when they are in a vertical folded back position in which the first and second portion are arranged vertically against each other, the second portion being hinged to the fixed housing at an edge opposite the edge cooperating with the first portion of the tray, and

a central footing supporting the fixed housing near the midpoint of a major length of the table.

2. A table according to claim 1 , further comprising two vertical end uprights.

3. A table according to claim 2 , further comprising a supporting bar extending substantially horizontally between the two vertical end uprights.

4. A table according to claim 1 , further comprising a device that enables an SOS call to be made.

5. A table according to claim 4 , wherein the device is positioned in the fixed housing.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTIES NAME FROM SNCF MOBILITIES TO SNCF MOBILITES PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 035381 FRAME 0221. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME TO SNCF MOBILITES. Recorded May 1, 2015
From: SOCIETE NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER FRANCAIS SNCF
To: SNCF MOBILITES
Reel/Frame 035561/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2015
From: SOCIETE NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER FRANCAIS SNCF
To: SNCF MOBILITIES
Reel/Frame 035381/0221 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2011
From: MORONVAL, FREDERIC
To: SOCIETE NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER FRANCAIS SNCF
Reel/Frame 025941/0718 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 08 56285 · Sep 18, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110162561A1 · Jul 7, 2011