Removable device for holding an isolating curtain for the creation of a rest space inside an aircraft cabin
AssigneeSafran Seats
InventorArthur K. Glain
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Abstract
An assembly for an aircraft cabin includes at least one seat unit including a seat and a privacy shell extending at least partially around the seat, a compartment, such as a luggage compartment, at least one isolating curtain added to the compartment, and a removable device for holding the isolating curtain. The removable device being configured to hold the isolating curtain suspended from the compartment, so as to at least partially define a closed rest space around the seat unit and to permit manual detachment of the isolating curtain from the compartment without requiring a tool.
Claims4
An assembly for an aircraft cabin comprising:
- at least one seat unit comprising a seat and a privacy shell extending at least partly around the seat,
- a luggage compartment comprising a drawer,
- at least one isolating curtain, wherein the isolating curtain is distinct from the luggage compartment, and
- a removable holding device for the isolating curtain configured to maintain the isolating curtain in a suspended state from the luggage compartment so as to delimit at least partly a closed rest space around the seat unit and to allow manual separation of the isolating curtain from the luggage compartment without tool assistance, and wherein the isolating curtain is configured to be stored inside a dedicated space when removed, the dedicated space being inside an internal space of the luggage compartment,
- wherein the removable holding device for the isolating curtain comprises a weighted bar extending at least in part along an upper edge of the isolating curtain, the isolating curtain being fixed in translation relative to the weighted bar, said weighted bar configured to be positioned inside an internal volume in the luggage compartment delimited by the drawer, so that when the drawer is in a closed position the isolating curtain is pinched between the drawer and a fixed part of the luggage compartment held suspended from the luggage compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.