Patents by Inventor Kristopher Charles Moulton

Kristopher Charles Moulton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sequentially extending and rotating table mechanism
    Patent number: 10322807
    Abstract: A passenger seat tray table mechanism that deploys by way of a controlled sequence of translational and rotational movements. Dependent on tray table mechanism position, the mechanism provides simultaneous unlocking of one motion and locking out of another motion in a predetermined mechanical sequence to avoid passenger entrapment and collisions with surrounding cabinetry of furniture. A wide range of table positions are achievable while all possible paths of table movement can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristopher Charles Moulton, Ian Lawrence Frost
  • SEQUENTIALLY EXTENDING AND ROTATING TABLE MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20180305023
    Abstract: A passenger seat tray table mechanism that deploys by way of a controlled sequence of translational and rotational movements. Dependent on tray table mechanism position, the mechanism provides simultaneous unlocking of one motion and locking out of another motion in a predetermined mechanical sequence to avoid passenger entrapment and collisions with surrounding cabinetry of furniture. A wide range of table positions are achievable while all possible paths of table movement can be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kristopher Charles MOULTON, Ian Lawrence FROST
  • Vertically stowed tray table assembly with translational movement
    Patent number: 9102410
    Abstract: A tray table assembly for a passenger seat including a horizontal rail arranged alongside the seat, the horizontal rail having a length extending from the seatback to a position forward of the seat, a carriage assembly configured to travel horizontally along the rail, and a tray table attached to the carriage assembly, the tray table configured to pivot between a vertical orientation in which the tray table is stowed alongside the seatback and a horizontal orientation in which the tray table is positioned forward of the seatback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Lawrence Frost, Kristopher Charles Moulton
  • VERTICALLY STOWED TRAY TABLE ASSEMBLY WITH TRANSLATIONAL MOVEMENT
    Publication number: 20140300148
    Abstract: A tray table assembly for a passenger seat including a horizontal rail arranged alongside the seat, the horizontal rail having a length extending from the seatback to a position forward of the seat, a carriage assembly configured to travel horizontally along the rail, and a tray table attached to the carriage assembly, the tray table configured to pivot between a vertical orientation in which the tray table is stowed alongside the seatback and a horizontal orientation in which the tray table is positioned forward of the seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventors: Ian Lawrence Frost, Kristopher Charles Moulton