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US 2022/0177137 A1Published application
Integral Combined Monuments in Aircraft Cabin Interiors
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRaymond Roeder
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Abstract
Space saving integral combined monument structures for aircraft cabin interiors comprise a common interior wall section in a multi-compartment monument and are constructed to significantly conserve space in aircraft cabin interiors by locating the integral combined monument proximate to aircraft egress areas.
Claims21
An aircraft comprising:
- an aircraft cabin interior, said aircraft cabin interior comprising:
- an integral combined monument, said integral combined monument comprising:
- at least one compartment;
- a plurality of monument wall sections, said
- plurality of monument wall sections configured to be joined together to form said integral combined monument, said plurality of monument wall sections further configured to further form the at least one compartment, said at least one compartment comprising at least one common interior wall section;
- wherein at least a portion of the integral combined monument is oriented immediately adjacent to an egress area;
- and
- wherein at least a portion of the integral combined monument is oriented immediately adjacent to an attendant area.
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An aircraft cabin monument comprising:
- an integral combined monument, said integral combined monument comprising:
- at least one compartment;
- a monument footprint, at least of portion of said monument footprint oriented immediately adjacent to an egress area, said egress area comprising an attendant area;
- and
- a plurality of monument wall sections, said plurality of monument wall sections configured to be joined to form said integral combined monument, said plurality of monument wall sections configured to further form at least one compartment within said integral combined monument
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A method for installing an aircraft cabin interior monument, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of monument outer wall sections, said plurality of monument outer wall sections comprising at least one first monument wall section having a first length, at least one second monument wall section having a second length, said second length different from the first length, and at least one third monument wall section having a third length, said third length different from the first length and second length;
- providing a common interior wall section;
- providing a plurality of posts, at least one of said plurality of posts configured to engage at least one of:
- an aircraft cabin ceiling assembly, an aircraft cabin floor assembly, and an outboard wall assembly;
- engaging at least two of the plurality of monument outer wall sections with at least one of the plurality of posts to form an integral combined monument comprising at least one compartment;
- and
- engaging the common interior wall section with at least one of the plurality of posts to form the common interior wall section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.