Aircraft seat with cantilevered tray table

Claim 1

A vehicular seat comprising a seat bottom, a seat back mounted for pivotal movement about a selected pivot axis having a selected upright position, a tray assembly including a pair of legs mounted on either side of said seat back for pivotal movement about said seat back pivot axis from a storage position to an in-use position, said legs each including a first portion extending upwardly from said seat back pivot axis and a second portion joined at one end via a bend to the top of said first portion, a tray, means for mounting said tray on the other end of said second portions for selected pivotal displacement relative thereto from a first position wherein the bottom surface of said tray defines a portion of the back surface of said seat back when said legs are in the storage position to a second horizontal position when said legs are in the in-use position, said bends having an angle selected so that said second portion of each of said legs will be substantially horizontal when said legs are in the in-use position and said legs being selectively configured so that when said seat back is in said upright position pivotal displacement of said legs about said seat back pivot axis from the storage position to the in-use position will displace said bends from a location substantially forwardly spaced from the back surface of the seat back to a location proximate the back surface and will displace the other end of said second portions from a location proximate the back surface of said seat back to a location substantially rearwardly spaced from the back surface.