Office module for passenger aircraft

An office module for use in an aircraft passenger cabin having a floor, a ceiling, and an aisle, said module comprising:

• sidewalls positionable to define an office space adjacent to said aisle;
• said sidewalls being dimensioned to extend downwardly at least substantially to said floor of the cabin and upwardly a distance sufficient to screen said space from persons outside said space, and to be spaced form said ceiling a distance sufficient to allow circulation of air into and out from said space;
• said sidewalls having an opening therein to permit entry into and exit from said space from and to said aisle;
• and said sidewalls defining a recess to permit a person to step out of said aisle into said recess to allow a cart or another person to pass without intruding into said office space;
• a seat mountable on said floor inside said space;
• and
• a desk top carried by inside portions of said sidewalls and positioned to be used by an occupant of said seat;
• said sidewalls and said space being configured, and said seat and said desk top being positioned, to maximize elbow room and leg room for said occupant within a predetermined floor area occupied by said space;
• and
• said sidewalls having a substantially hexagonal plan configuration.

An office module for use in an aircraft passenger cabin having a floor, a ceiling, and an aisle, said module comprising:

• sidewalls positionable to define an office space adjacent to said aisle;
• said sidewalls being dimensioned to extend downwardly at least substantially to said floor of the cabin and upwardly a distance sufficient to screen said space from persons outside said space, and to be spaced form said ceiling a distance sufficient to allow circulation of air into and out from said space;
• said sidewalls having an opening therein to permit entry into and exit from said space from and to said aisle;
• and said sidewalls defining a recess to permit a person to step out of said aisle into said recess to allow a cart or another person to pass without intruding into said office space;
• a seat mountable on said floor inside said space;
• and
• a desk top carried by inside portions of said sidewalls and positioned to be used by an occupant of said heat;
• said sidewalls and said space being configured, and said seat and said desk top being positioned, to maximize elbow room and leg room for said occupant within a predetermined floor area occupied by said space;
• said sidewalls being positionable to extend inboardly from sidewall portions of the cabin and to cooperate with said sidewall portions to define said office space;
• and
• said space having a generally rectangular plan configuration with two opposite sides substantially perpendicular to said aisle, a truncated corner adjacent to one of said sides and said aisle and defining said recess, and a substantially square corner adjacent to the other of said sides and said aisle;
• and said seat being mountable substantially parallel to said truncated corner, and said desk top being positioned at an acute angle to said sides, to provide leg room for said occupant in said square corner.

A plurality of office modules for use in an aircraft passenger cabin having a floor, a ceiling, and an aisle, each said module comprising:

• sidewalls positionable to define an office space adjacent to said aisle;
• said sidewalls being dimensioned to extend downwardly at least substantially to said floor of the cabin and upwardly a distance sufficient to screen said space from persons outside said space, and to be spaced form said ceiling a distance sufficient to allow circulation of air into and out form said space;
• said sidewalls having an opening therein to permit entry into and exit from said space from and to said aisle;
• and said sidewalls defining a recess to permit a person to step out of said aisle into said recess to allow a cart or another person to pass without intruding into said office space;
• a seat mountable on said floor inside said space;
• and
• a desk top carried by inside portions of said sidewalls and positioned to be used by an occupant of said seat;
• said sidewalls and said space being configured, and said seat and said desk top being positioned, to maximize elbow room and leg room for said occupant within a predetermined floor area occupied by said space;
• in which said modules are arrangeable in a continuous row along said aisle, with each said module sharing a common sidewall with each of said modules adjacent thereto;
• each said module has a plan configuration with a corner portion extending at an acute angle from said aisle to one of said common sidewalls, each said corner portion being adjacent to another said corner portion of another said module to define therewith said recess;
• a recess is defined by adjacent corner portions of said modules adjacent to each said common sidewall;
• and each said module has a substantially hexagonal plan configuration.

A plurality of office modules for use in an aircraft passenger cabin having a floor, a ceiling, and an aisle, each said module comprising:

• sidewalls positionable to define an office space adjacent to said aisle;
• said sidewalls being dimensioned to extend downwardly at least substantially to said floor of the cabin and upwardly a distance sufficient to screen said space from persons outside said space, and to be spaced form said ceiling a distance sufficient to allow circulation of air into and out from said space;
• said sidewalls having an opening therein to permit entry into and exit from said space from and to said aisle;
• and said sidewalls defining a recess to permit a person to step out of said aisle into said recess to allow a cart or another person to pass without intruding into said office space;
• a seat mountable on said floor inside said space;
• and
• a desk top carried by inside portions of said sidewalls and positioned to be used by an occupant of said seat;
• said sidewalls and said space being configured, and said seat and said desk top being positioned, to maximize elbow room and leg room for said occupant within a predetermined floor area occupied by said space;
• and
• said modules being arrangeable in two continuous contiguous rows between said aisle and a second aisle, with each said module sharing a common sidewall with each of said modules adjacent thereto.