US 11,713,125 B2
Adjustable armrest assembly
Sreekanth Koti Ananda Rao, Bangalore (IN); Pavan Kumar Krishna Kumar, Bangalore (IN); and Pradeep Acharya, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/705,977.
Application 17/705,977 is a division of application No. 16/985,639, filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 202041018717 (IN), filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219824 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0644 (2014.12) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An armrest assembly for a seat, the armrest assembly comprising:
a base;
an armrest comprising an underside and an upper surface configured to support a user's arm;
a first shaft slidably coupled to the base and pivotably coupled to the underside of the armrest;
a second shaft non-slidably extending from the base and pivotably coupled to the underside of the armrest; and
a locking mechanism configured to reversibly lock the first shaft in a locked configuration relative to the base to prevent sliding of the first shaft relative to the base, wherein the locking mechanism is configured to reversibly release the first shaft in a released configuration relative to the base to allow sliding of the first shaft relative to the base, wherein the armrest comprises a graspable handle configured to actuate the locking mechanism between the locked configuration and the released configuration, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a first clamp ring disposed around the first shaft.