Abstract: A folding table for fitting to a rear side of a back of a seat in a motor-coach or an aircraft has a folding table element, pivotal articulation means formed so that the folding table element is pivotable back and forth between an out-of-use position in which the folding table element lyes substantially flat against a rear side of a back of a seat and an in-use position in which the folding table element projects approximately horizontally from the rear side of the back of the seat, a holder provided for holding a drink container and movably connected to the holding table element, a guide connecting the holder with the holding table element so that the holder, when the folding table element is in the in-use position is movable back and forth between an out-of-use position in which the holder is stowed in the holding table element, and an in-use position in which a drink container can be placed into the holder.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 21, 1999
Date of Patent:
August 28, 2001
Assignees:
Fischerwerke Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG, Evobus GmbH
Inventors:
Bernd Plocher, Stefan Kuehn, Andre Hein, Michael Keller, Soeren Groth, Monika Jessberger, Franz Kriegelsteiner