Aircraft monument and a seat assembly
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorThomas Joseph Moran
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Abstract
An aircraft monument for use in a cabin of an aircraft includes a monument assembly and a seat assembly. The monument assembly includes a frame having a plurality of walls defining a compartment. The plurality of walls include a first end wall having a forward section at a forward plane of the frame. The compartment is defined rearward of the forward section. The seat assembly is forward of the frame. The seat assembly has a shell configured to at least partially surround a passenger seat. The shell has a rear rearward of the forward plane of the frame.
Claims20
An aircraft monument for use in a cabin of an aircraft, the aircraft monument comprising:
- a monument assembly having a frame, the frame having a plurality of walls defining a compartment, the plurality of walls including a first end wall having a forward section at a forward plane of the frame, the compartment being defined rearward of the forward section;
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- a seat assembly forward of the frame, the seat assembly having a shell configured to at least partially surround a passenger seat, the shell having a rear rearward of the forward plane of the frame.
An aircraft monument for use in a cabin of an aircraft, the aircraft monument comprising:
- a monument assembly having a frame, the frame having a plurality of walls defining a compartment, the plurality of walls including a first end wall having a jogged portion, the first end wall having an upper section, a lower section and a transition section between the upper section and the lower section defining the jogged portion, an upper intersection between the transition section and the upper section being at a rearward plane and a lower intersection between the transition section and the lower section being at a forward plane laterally offset forward of the rearward plane, the compartment being defined rearward of at least one of the upper section and the lower section;
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- a seat assembly having a shell configured to at least partially surround a passenger seat, the shell having a rear with a jogged portion, the rear has an upper section extending along the upper section of the first end wall, a lower section extending along the lower section of the first end wall and a transition section extending along the transition section of the first end wall, the transition section of the shell extends between the upper section and the lower section and defining the jogged portion of the shell, the upper section of the shell being rearward of the forward plane, the lower section of the shell being positioned forward of the forward plane.
A seat assembly for attachment to an aircraft monument in a cabin of an aircraft, the monument seat assembly comprising:
- a shell having a plurality of walls defining a seat compartment configured to at least partially surround a passenger seat, the plurality of walls including a first end wall having a rear having a jogged portion, the rear having an upper section, a lower section and a transition section between the upper section and the lower section, the transition section defining the jogged portion, the first end wall having an outer surface configured to face the aircraft monument, the upper section being positioned rearward of the transition section, the lower section being positioned forward of the transition section;
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- a rear cavity outside of the shell, the rear cavity rearward of the outer surface of the first end wall, the rear cavity being positioned below the transition section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.