Overhead stowage bin on aircraft
OwnerYoshinobu Katoriinventor
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Abstract
An overhead stowage bin 100 mounted to a ceiling in a cabin of an aircraft comprises a shelf 102 fixed to the ceiling and a door 110 that covers the opening of said shelf. The door 110 is supported by hinges 120, and a knob 130 is equipped thereto. One or more transparent windows 150 are provided to a portion of the door 110, through which users can visually observe the status of use of the interior of the bin. The windows are located so that cabin crews etc. standing in the aisle of the cabin can easily observe the interior of the bin, without negatively affecting the strength of the bin.
Claims8
An overhead stowage bin equipped above passenger seats in a cabin of an aircraft for stowing an object therein, comprising:
- at least one slit-shaped, transparent window disposed at a lower one-half portion on a front face of said stowage bin and fabricated from a reinforced flame-retardant resin, the at least one slit-shaped transparent window extending horizontally across the front face a distance sufficient to view the object stowed in the overhead stowage bin, wherein the at least one slit-shaped transparent window has a length extending horizontally along the lower one-half portion of the front face of said stowage bin and a width extending perpendicularly to the length and the length is at least four times larger than the width and wherein the interior space of said stowage bin can be viewed when said stowage bin is in its stowed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.