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AssigneesAirbus Deutschland GmbH, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
InventorsJade Gaeta Angerami, Andreas Baatz, Stefan Hiesener, Harald Merensky
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Passengers are transported in a cabin of a passenger aircraft in an upright position. For this purpose the aircraft cabin is equipped with passenger stands. Each stand has a passenger backing and a safety belt, preferably a three-point safety belt. The stands are positioned in a standing room area of the cabin which has a sufficient vertical clearance between floor and ceiling for accommodating passengers in the upright position. The passenger backing has preferably a shell-shape forming a back support as a lean-against portion and at least one side portion for privacy. The shell or flat backing wall may itself be connected either directly or through a post for an angular adjustment relative to the forward flight direction.
A passenger aircraft comprising a passenger cabin structure, a standing room area (5) in said passenger cabin structure, at least one passenger stand (3) mounted to said cabin structure in said standing room area (5) having a standing clearance accommodating said at least one passenger stand in which a passenger retains an upright standing position during starting, during flight and during landing of said passenger aircraft in the gravity field of the earth, said passenger stand (3) comprising a passenger upright backing (6,6′,11) for taking up accelerations to which an upright standing passenger in said passenger stand is exposed during said starting, flight, and landing of said passenger aircraft in said gravity field, and a safety device (14) secured to said passenger stand (3) for holding an upright standing passenger in said passenger stand in an upright passenger position during said starting, flight, and landing of said passenger aircraft in said gravity field, whereby a gravity gradient is effectively substantially extending from head to toe of a passenger.
A stand for transporting a passenger in an upright standing position in an aircraft cabin of a passenger aircraft, said stand (3) comprising a passenger backing (6, 6′, 11) for taking up accelerations to which an upright standing passenger in said stand is exposed during starting, during flight, and during landing has been added, at least one post secured to said passenger backing, means for mounting said at least one post in said aircraft cabin in an upright position between a cabin floor and a cabin ceiling, and a safety device (14) secured to said stand for holding an upright standing passenger upright in said stand during said starting, during flight, and during landing of said passenger aircraft in the gravity field of the earth, whereby a gravity gradient is effectively substantially extenting from head to toe of a passenger.
A method for transporting passengers in an upright standing position in a passenger aircraft, said method comprising the following steps:
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