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US 12,612,783 B2Granted
Lavatory with movable partition wall
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsBrian Danai Worrasangasilpa, Darren Carl McIntosh, Noah Hunter Burton, Liam Holland, Christopher Kerry Young, Kendall Marie Cox, Travis Hoang Nguyen, James Paul Mehlos
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Abstract
A lavatory includes a partition wall movable along a defined path between a deployed position in which the partition wall divides the lavatory into two discrete areas and a stowed position that defines a combined area in place of the two discrete areas. The partition wall translates along the defined path between the deployed position and the stowed position.
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A lavatory comprising:
- a partition wall movable along a defined path between a deployed position in which the partition wall divides the lavatory into two discrete areas and a stowed position that defines a combined area in place of the two discrete areas, wherein the partition wall translates along the defined path between the deployed position and the stowed position, and wherein the partition wall is configured to move between the stowed and deployed positions without bending or folding.
An aircraft comprising:
- a lavatory, the lavatory comprising:
- first toilet;
- a second toilet;
- and
- a partition wall configured to translate along a defined path between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein the partition wall is configured to move between the stowed and deployed positions without bending or folding, wherein the partition wall in the deployed position is disposed between the first and second toilets, and, when the partition wall is in the stowed position, the first toilet is disposed between the partition wall and the second toilet to provide a larger open space relative to when the partition wall is in the deployed position.
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A method comprising:
- installing a first track on a ceiling of a lavatory;
- installing a second track on the ceiling of the lavatory;
- and
- mounting a partition wall to the first track and the second track such that the partition wall is movable along a defined path that is defined by the first and second tracks, wherein the partition wall is movable along the defined path between a deployed position and a stowed position, the partition wall in the deployed position configured to divide the lavatory into two discrete areas, the partition wall in the stowed position configured to define a combined area in place of the two discrete areas, wherein the partition wall is configured to move between the stowed and deployed positions without bending or folding.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.