Luggage rack for vehicles, especially aircraft

A luggage rack for a vehicle, arranged in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and in an overhead configuration with respect to passengers, comprising:

• separation walls provided so as to subdivide the rack into individual compartments;
• a lid provided so that the individual compartments can be respectively closed off, the lid being swivelable upward and having arms arranged on its sides, the arms being rotatably articulated at bearings provided at the separation walls;
• and
• a safety flap oriented towards the inside of the lid and additionally supported at the bearings, the safety flap being retainable in a locked position by means of a spring fastened at the separation wall so as to secure pieces of luggage when the lid is opened, the safety flap also being displaceable upwards into a position releasing the pieces of luggage with a slight manual force application and with the help of the spring traveling beyond dead center, the safety flap being returnable into the locked position by driving means arranged at an arm of the lid, all this by a closing motion of the lid downwards.