A TABLE ARRANGEMENT
DRIVE
October 14, 2015
The present invention provides a table arrangement 100 comprising a table 120 moveably mounted to a table mounting structure 130, a compensation arrangement 163, 164 connected between the table and table mounting structure for reducing the force required to lift the table from a lowered position to a raised position, and a damper arrangement 165 for reducing the speed of the table as it moves from the raised position to the lowered position, wherein the compensation arrangement is mounted on a shaft 162, such that as the table is lowered, the shaft rotates about its longitudinal axis and wherein the damping arrangement is arranged to act on the shaft to reduce the speed of its rotation about its longitudinal axis. The invention also provides an aircraft seat module 200 and a method of deploying or stowing a table arrangement.
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