Seatback-Mountable Clamp Assembly

摘要

A clamping apparatus removably attachable to an elongate support such as a tray table latch on a seatback with a stowable tray table includes a pair of opposing hand grips slidably coupled to a clamp frame. Each hand grip includes a clamp jaw protruding from a back side of the clamp frame. A spring urges the hand grips apart and the clamp jaws toward one another. A flexible band attached to both hand grips is provided for suspending the clamp frame. When a person releases the opposing hand grips, the flexible band partially retracts into the clamp frame, drawing the frame against the latch, and the two clamp jaws grip opposite sides of the latch. Compressing the hand grips laterally toward one another extends the flexible band out of the clamp frame and displaces the two clamp jaws away from one another.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a clamp frame; a first hand grip slidably coupled to said clamp frame, said first hand grip comprising a first clamp jaw; a second hand grip slidably coupled to said clamp frame, said second hand grip comprising a second clamp jaw; a flexible band having a first end attached to said first hand grip and a second end attached to said second hand grip; and a spring connected to said first hand grip and to said second hand grip and disposed between said first and second hand grips, thereby urging said first hand grip away from said second hand grip, removing slack from said flexible band, and urging said first clamp jaw toward said second clamp jaw, wherein a displacement of said first and second hand grips toward one another forces said flexible band to extend outward from said clamp frame.