US 11,987,361 B2
Console for a seat unit provided with a support arm for a portable electronic device
Bastien Bonnefoy, Issoudun (FR)
Assigned to Safran Seats, Plaisir (FR)
Filed by Safran Seats, Plaisir (FR)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/535,348.
Claims priority of application No. 2012404 (FR), filed on Nov. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194587 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 11/00 (2006.01); B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0015 (2013.01) [B64D 11/0601 (2014.12); B64D 11/0605 (2014.12)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A console for a seat unit comprising:
an upper wall forming a table surface on which a passenger can place objects,
a cavity,
an articulated arm fixed to an internal face of the cavity,
said articulated arm comprising a holding device for a portable electronic device provided with a screen,
said articulated arm being movable between a stored position, in which the articulated arm is located inside the cavity, and an extended position in which the articulated arm is at least in part outside the cavity,
wherein the cavity is located under the upper wall forming the table surface,
the cavity being laterally open towards the seat with which the console is associated,
the cavity being delimited by a front end face, a rear end face, and a bottom face opposite the opening of the cavity,
the cavity extending vertically between a horizontal face having an armrest function and the upper wall of the console, wherein the horizontal face is located below the upper wall, and wherein both the upper wall and the horizontal face are horizontally oriented,
wherein the articulated arm is configured so as to move only in a horizontal plane in order to move from the stored position to the extended position, and vice versa.