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US 2014/0197723 A1Published application
Rotating Luggage Bin
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorWilliam F. Herold
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a structure having a cavity with an opening configured to receive a piece of baggage and a flange configured to retain the piece of baggage when the structure is in an open state, wherein the structure is configured to move between the open state and a closed state about an axis of rotation for the structure, and wherein the opening has a horizontal position when the structure is in the closed state and the opening has a vertical position when the structure is in the open state.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a structure having a cavity with an opening configured to receive a piece of baggage;
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- a flange configured to retain the piece of baggage when the structure is in an open state, wherein the structure is configured to move between the open state and a closed state about an axis of rotation for the structure, wherein the opening has a horizontal position when the structure is in the closed state and the opening has a vertical position when the structure is in the open state.
An apparatus comprising:
- a structure configured to rotate about an axis of rotation between an open state and a closed state, the structure further configured to receive a roller upright in a substantially upright position when the structure is in the open state.
An apparatus comprising:
- a structure having a cavity with an opening;
- a flange configured to retain a roller upright when the structure is in an open state;
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- a J-shaped cross-section, wherein the structure is configured to move between the open state and a closed state about an axis of rotation for the structure and wherein the structure is configured to receive the roller upright through the opening, wherein the roller upright is in a substantially upright position when the structure is in the open state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.