Fastening system, monument and method for attaching a fixture to a monument

A method for attaching a fixture to a monument provided for installation in a passenger cabin via a fastening system which includes a wall portion of the monument which has at least two first fastening elements, and a frame which has at least two second fastening elements and which is configured to retain the fixture, at least in part, in a fastened state, comprising the steps of:

• producing a pre-assembled state in which the at least two first fastening elements and the at least two second fastening elements engage with one another and are movable relative to one another;
• moving the frame in the pre-assembled state relative to the wall portion in a fastening direction which extends vertically downward until the at least two first fastening elements engage respective ones of the at least two second fastening elements to produce the fastened state in which the at least two first fastening elements and the at least two second fastening elements fix with one another;
• and
• locking, with a locking unit, the frame and the wall portion;
• wherein each of the at least two first fastening elements are displaced from one another along the fastening direction, and wherein each of the at least two second fastening elements are displaced from one another along the fastening direction,
• wherein each of the at least two first fastening elements is oriented in the same direction along the fastening direction, and each of the at least two second fastening elements is oriented in the same direction along the fastening direction,
• wherein the locking unit comprises at least two blocking elements which, in the locking step, mechanically prevents a movement of the frame relative to the wall portion, wherein the at least two blocking elements are oriented perpendicularly to one another,
• wherein the frame has a first opening within an overhanging portion of the frame, and the wall portion has a second opening which is aligned with the first opening, such that the first and second openings extend in the fastening direction, and
• wherein one of the at least two blocking elements extends through the first opening and the second opening, at least in part, in the locked state.

A fastening system attaching a fixture to a monument provided for installation in a passenger cabin, comprising:

• the monument which has a wall portion with at least two first fastening elements;
• a frame which has at least two second fastening elements and which is configured to cover the fixture at least in part in a fastened state;
• and
• a locking unit which, in a locked state, is configured to prevent a release of the fastened state and, in a released state, is configured to allow the release of the fastened state;
• wherein the at least two first fastening elements and the at least two second fastening elements are configured to engage with one another and be movable relative to one another in a pre-assembled state, and to fix with one another in the fastened state,
• wherein, in the pre-assembled state, the frame is moved relative to the wall portion in a fastening direction which extends vertically downward until the at least two first fastening elements engage respective ones of the at least two second fastening elements, and
• wherein each of the at least two first fastening elements are displaced from one another along the fastening direction, and wherein each of the at least two second fastening elements are displaced from one another along the fastening direction,
• wherein each of the at least two first fastening elements is oriented in the same direction along the fastening direction, and each of the at least two second fastening elements is oriented in the same direction along the fastening direction,
• wherein the locking unit comprises at least two blocking elements which, in the locked state, mechanically prevents a movement of the frame relative to the wall portion, wherein the at least two blocking elements are oriented perpendicularly to one another,
• wherein the frame has a first opening within an overhanging portion of the frame, and the wall portion has a second opening which is aligned with the first opening, such that the first and second openings extend in the fastening direction, and
• wherein one of the at least two blocking elements extends through the first opening and the second opening, at least in part, in the locked state.