Aircraft cabin dividing device
AssigneeDeutsche Aerospace Airbus GmbH
InventorsUwe Schneider, Markus Schumacher
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Abstract
An aircraft cabin divider is so constructed that its installation can easily be handled by one person taking advantage of the force of gravity. For this purpose the divider has a frame with a first plug-in section that cooperates with a second socket section in the cabin structure, for example, the cabin floor or the cabin seating structure. The plug-in and socket sections cooperate so that an automatic lock-in is accomplished or so that a slight turn will provide the required interlocking. At least two couplings each including a plug-in section and a socket section are provided.
Claims7
A combination comprising an aircraft cabin, a plurality of passenger seats arranged in rows to form seat structures in said aircraft cabin, and a cabin dividing device for vertically dividing said aircraft cabin into separate cabin sections, said cabin dividing device comprising a divider curtain extending over an area for forming a cabin divider, a divider frame including a curtain rod for suspending said curtain, first plug-in couplers secured to a lower portion of said divider frame, and second plug-in couplers secured to at least one seat structure of said seat structures for cooperating with said first plug-in couplers for locking said divider frame to said at least one seat structure, said first and second plug-in couplers being shaped and oriented for defining a plug-in connection in which gravity facilitates said locking of said divider frame to said at least one seat structure and said plug-in connection is established without using any tool and an overhead mounting of said frame is avoided to permit position adjustment of said cabin dividing device simultaneously with position adjusting said at least one seat structure.
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