Exit row table for an aircraft
A table ( 30 ) for an aircraft includes a table surface ( 56 ) deployable between a retracted position and a deployed position, an arm ( 50 ) having a first end and a second end, the arm ( 50 ) supporting the table ( 66 ) surface at the first end, a support connected to the arm ( 50 ) at the second end, the support connecting the arm to a structure interior to the aircraft, a sensor ( 136 ) within the aircraft to detect if a seat adjacent to the table surface is occupied, and a mechanism ( 120 ) for retracting the table surface to the retracted position if the sensor ( 136 ) detects at least one of that the seat is not occupied and that the aircraft flight mode meets predetermined criteria.
1. An exit row table, comprising:
a table surface deployable between a retracted position and a deployed position;
an arm having a first end and a second end, the arm supporting the table surface at the first end, through an arm pivot;
a scissor jack connected to the arm via a slide for deploying the arm and table surface between a first position to a second position;
a support connected to the arm at the second end of the arm, the support being connected to the slide disposed in an aircraft structure interior; and
a rail for guiding travel of the slide connected to the support through a support pivot allowing the support to pivot from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation,
wherein the scissor jack is connected at a first end thereof to the slide connected to the support, such that the support moves along the rail and the scissor jack is connectable at a second end thereof to at least one of the rail, a frame disposed in the aircraft structure interior, or a portion of an interior of a sideledge of the aircraft.
2. The exit row table of claim 1 , wherein the first position is within a compartment and the second position is at least partially exterior to the compartment.
3. The exit row table of claim 1 , further comprising an actuator connected to the scissor jack for applying a force on the arm to deploy the arm between the first position and the second position.
4. The exit row table of claim 1 , wherein the scissor jack is responsive to a momentary application of a force to deploy the table surface between the first and second positions.