# US 2014/0197723 A1 · Rotating Luggage Bin > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0197723 A1 - Document ID: US20140197723A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/743,044 - Filed: 2013-01-16 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-16 - Assignees: The Boeing Company - Inventors: William F. Herold - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140197723A1 ## CPC - B60R 5/003: {Luggage racks, e.g. for busses (primarily intended for passengers' property smaller than suitcases B60R7/04; B60R7/08; luggage racks for rail vehicles B61D37/003)} - B64D 11/003: {Stowage devices for passengers' personal luggage} - Y02T 50/40: Weight reduction - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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, 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the axis of rotation is located relative to a volume center of gravity of the structure, and wherein moving the structure about the axis of rotation to the closed state requires a desired level of force. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the structure having the cavity with the opening is configured to receive the piece of baggage in a substantially vertical position when the structure is in the open state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the flange has a shape configured to engage at least a portion of a number of features on the piece of baggage, the piece of baggage having the number of features on a side of the piece of baggage resting on the flange when the piece of baggage is located in the structure in the open state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the structure holds the piece of baggage in a substantially horizontal position when the structure is in the closed state. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the structure is a luggage bin. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the axis of rotation is configured to be approximately a center of gravity for a roller upright held in the structure. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the structure has a J-shaped cross-section. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the axis of rotation is located in approximately a center of a height of the J-shaped cross-section. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the J-shaped cross-section comprises a body, the flange, and a wall. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the flange is configured to deter movement of the piece of baggage held within the structure when the structure is in the open state. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the wall is configured to prevent falling of the piece of baggage from the structure when the structure is in the open state. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising: a mechanism configured to allow rotation of the structure between sixty and one hundred and twenty degrees about the axis of rotation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the structure moves between the open state and the closed state by force applied by at least one of a user and an actuator. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the opening is nearly perpendicular to a ground in the open state. ### Claim 16 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. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the structure is further configured to hold the roller upright in a substantially horizontal position when the structure is in the closed state. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the axis of rotation is configured so that a threshold of the structure in the open state is lower than a threshold of a conventional C-shaped luggage bin in the open state. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the structure is configured so that a threshold of the structure in the open state is lower than a threshold of a prior art luggage bin in the open state. ### Claim 20 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; and 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.