US 12,220,066 B2
Rotatable shared armrest
Sateesh Gundala, Andhra Pradesh (IN); and Sambasiva Rao Kodati, Vinjaram (IN)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/090,193.
Claims priority of application No. 202241003735 (IN), filed on Jan. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232991 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A47C 7/54 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 7/541 (2018.08) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shared armrest comprising:
at least one cam;
at least one extendable divider;
a stationary shaft;
a rotatable armrest pad; and
a locking mechanism,
wherein:
the rotatable armrest pad defines a first superior surface and a second superior surface, the second superior surface being wider than the first superior surface;
the rotatable armrest pad configured to rotate about the stationary shaft from a first configuration, where the first superior surface is disposed at a top of the shared armrest, to a second configuration, where the second superior surface is disposed at the top of the shared armrest;
the locking mechanism is configured to releasable retain the rotatable armrest pad in either the first configuration or the second configuration;
the at least one extendable divider is configured to translate radially through an opening defined by the second superior surface; and
the at least one cam is configured to direct the radial translation of the extendable divider as the rotatable armrest pad is rotated.