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US 12,351,313 B2Granted
Tower assembly for an aircraft monument
AssigneeSafran Cabin Inc.
InventorMike Romero
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Abstract
A vehicle lavatory monument assembly that includes an enclosure with a plurality of walls that cooperate to define a lavatory interior, an entry door positioned on one of the plurality of walls, and a tower assembly positioned on one of the plurality of walls. A sanitizing recess is defined in a front surface of the tower assembly, and the sanitizing recess includes access to hand sanitizer therein.
Claims15
A vehicle lavatory monument assembly comprising:
- an enclosure that includes a plurality of walls that cooperate to define a lavatory interior, wherein an entry door is positioned on one of the plurality of walls, and
- a tower assembly positioned on one of the plurality of walls, wherein a sanitizing recess is defined in a front surface of the tower assembly, and wherein the sanitizing recess includes access to hand sanitizer therein,
- wherein the sanitizing recess includes an ultraviolet light source therein.
A vehicle lavatory monument assembly comprising:
- an enclosure that includes first, second, third and fourth walls that cooperate to define a lavatory interior, wherein an entry door is positioned on the second wall and a first access opening is defined in the second wall adjacent to the entry door,
- a tower assembly positioned over the first access opening, wherein a sanitizing recess is defined in a front surface of the tower assembly, wherein the sanitizing recess includes access to hand sanitizer therein, wherein an exterior trash opening is defined in the front surface, wherein the exterior trash opening is in communication with a trash receptacle space within the lavatory interior, wherein the tower assembly includes first and second doors that are each movable between an open and a closed position, wherein when the first and second doors are in the open position, the lavatory interior is accessible from an exterior of the monument assembly, wherein the first door provides access to a wipes storage space and the second door provides access to a trash receptacle space, wherein the first door provides access to a sanitizer dispenser positioned in the tower assembly, wherein the sanitizer dispenser is configured to dispense hand sanitizer into the sanitizing recess, wherein the tower assembly includes a display screen on the first door, wherein the tower assembly includes indication lighting that includes a first indication state and a second indication state, wherein the first indication state indicates that the vehicle interior is clean, wherein the second indication state indicates that the vehicle interior is not clean, and wherein the sanitizing recess is positioned between the first and second doors,
- wherein the sanitizing recess includes an ultraviolet light source therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.