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US 12,415,604 B2Granted
Aircraft storage retainer
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorSidney Aloysius Mohr
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Abstract
A storage retainer includes an open recessed area configured to store materials in an aircraft. The retainer includes an aft wall and a lower shelf for receiving materials thereon. The retainer includes one or more straps attach to a panel for securing objects, such as a flight manual, against the aft wall and the lower shelf. The straps attach to one or more anchors on the aft wall and one or more anchors on the lower shelf, therein biasing the panel towards the aft wall and the lower shelf to secure the materials in the open recessed area for easy access thereto.
Claims18
A storage retainer for storing materials in an aircraft, comprising:
- an aft wall;
- a fixed shelf extending forward from the aft wall, wherein the fixed shelf comprises having an upper surface for receiving one or more objects thereon;
- a biased panel;
- one or more elastic straps for securing the biased panel to the aft wall and to the fixed shelf, wherein the one or more elastic straps allow for an outward flexing of the biased panel to create an object-receiving space between the aft wall and the biased panel;
- one or more upper anchors attached to the aft wall for receiving a first end of the one or more elastic straps, respectively;
- and
- one or more lower anchors attached to a forward end of the fixed shelf for receiving a second end of the one or more elastic straps, respectively,
- wherein the one or more elastic straps and the biased panel establish an inward elastic bias, the inward elastic bias allows for an outward flexibility in the biased panel allowing the insertion into, accommodation in, and removal of the one or more objects from the object-receiving space;
- one or more upper slots disposed in an upper portion of the biased panel;
- and
- one or more lower slots disposed in a lower portion of the biased panel, wherein the one or more upper slots and the one or more lower slots are each configured to receive a respective strap of the one or more elastic straps,
- wherein each of the respective straps are received outwardly through the one or more upper slots and inwardly through the one or more lower slots, such that each of the respective straps wraps over an outer surface of the biased panel.
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An aircraft storage retainer, comprising:
- a horizontal platform having a raised front edge and a back edge opposite the raised front edge;
- a vertical wall extending upwardly above the back edge of the horizontal platform;
- and a biased panel;
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- an elastic strap having a first end and a second end, wherein the elastic strap is mechanically coupled by the first end to the vertical wall above the horizontal platform, and the elastic strap is mechanically coupled by the second end near the raised front edge of the horizontal platform,
- wherein the elastic strap is received outwardly through an upper anchor disposed on the vertical wall and inwardly through a lower anchor disposed on the horizontal platform such that the elastic strap wraps over an outer facing surface of the biased panel;
- wherein adjusting the length of the elastic strap allows for customizing a size of an object-receiving space established on the horizontal platform between the biased panel and the vertical wall by changing a gap creating space between the biased panel and the vertical wall to allow for the insertion into, accommodation of, and removal of differently sized objects.
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An aircraft storage retainer, comprising:
- an aft wall;
- a fixed shelf extending rearward from the aft wall, wherein the fixed shelf comprises an upper surface for receiving one or more objects thereon, wherein the upper surface comprises an upwardly raised lip along its peripheral edges;
- one or more elastic straps biasing a panel towards the aft wall and downwards onto the fixed shelf, wherein the one or more elastic straps allow for an outward flexing of the panel to create an object-receiving space between the aft wall and the panel allowing for receipt and wedging of one or more objects in the object-receiving space;
- an upwardly raised lip on an edge of the fixed shelf opposite the aft wall, the upwardly raised lip catching a lower edge of the panel;
- one or more upper anchors attached to the aft wall above the fixed shelf for receiving a first end of the one or more elastic straps, respectively;
- and
- one or more lower anchors attached to a forward end of the fixed shelf for receiving a second end of the one or more elastic straps, respectively, wherein a respective elastic strap is received outwardly through the upper anchor and inwardly through the lower anchor such that the respective elastic strap wraps over an outer facing surface of the panel;
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- wherein the one or more elastic straps and the panel along with an inward elastic bias existing in the one or more elastic straps allows for the expandability of the panel outward for the insertion of, accommodation in, and removal of the one or more objects from the object-receiving space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.