US Patent 12115894 Table device and vehicle

A table device for an interior of a vehicle includes a table element that is positionable between a non-use position and a use position where the table element is disposable in a region of an instrument panel of a front passenger of the vehicle. An underside of the table element, in an installed position of the table element in the interior of the vehicle, faces a front passenger seat of the vehicle in the non-use position. The underside of the table element has a tear-resistant microsandwich material. The tear-resistant microsandwich material has a tear-resistant surface and a core that fails in a targeted manner.