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US 7,883,055 B2Granted
Pivoting baggage rack intended for an aircraft cabin
AssigneeAirbus SAS
InventorThomas-Mathias Bock
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Abstract
A baggage rack includes a compartment having a lower outer face, an upper face, an open face allowing access to the compartment, as well as a back. The rack is mounted pivoting around an axis of pivoting between an open position in which the open face of the compartment is accessible and in which a rear portion of the lower outer face is concealed, and a closed position in which the open face of the compartment is retracted and in which the rear portion of the lower outer face is visible. The rear portion has a cylindrical form including generatrices substantially parallel to the axis of pivoting of the rack, and the distance from the axis of pivoting to the generatrices is increasing from the back of the compartment toward the open face of the latter.
Claims18
A baggage rack for an aircraft cabin, the rack comprising:
- a compartment having a lower outer face, an upper face, an open face arranged between the lower outer face and the upper face and allowing access to the compartment for depositing and removal of at least a baggage, and a back positioned opposite to the open face of the compartment,
- wherein said rack is pivotably mounted around an axis of pivoting and pivots around said axis between an open position in which the open face of the compartment is accessible from the aircraft cabin and in which a rear portion of the lower outer face is concealed by a wall of the aircraft cabin, and a closed position in which the open face of the compartment is inaccessible from the aircraft cabin and in which the rear portion of the lower outer face is not concealed by the wall of the aircraft cabin,
- wherein said rear portion of the lower outer face has a cylindrical form comprising generatrices substantially parallel to the axis of pivoting of the rack, and
- wherein a distance from the axis of pivoting to the generatrices continuously increases from an intersection of the lower outer face and the back of the compartment to the open face of the compartment.
1 more element
An aircraft cabin, comprising:
- at least one baggage rack, each baggage rack including a compartment having a lower outer face, an upper face, an open face arranged between the lower outer face and the upper face and allowing access to the compartment for depositing and removal of at least a baggage, and a back positioned opposite to the open face of the compartment;
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- a movable flap including a pivoting strip extending under a joining portion between the rear portion of the lower outer face and the back of the compartment when the at least one baggage rack is closed,
- wherein said rack is pivotably mounted around an axis of pivoting and pivots around said axis between an open position in which the open face of the compartment is accessible from the aircraft cabin and in which a rear portion of the lower outer face is concealed by a wall of the aircraft cabin, and a closed position in which the open face of the compartment is inaccessible from the aircraft cabin and in which the rear portion of the lower outer face is not concealed by the wall of the aircraft cabin,
- wherein said rear portion of the lower outer face has a cylindrical form comprising generatrices substantially parallel to the axis of pivoting of the rack,
- wherein a distance from the axis of pivoting to the generatrices increases from the back of the compartment toward the open face of the compartment, and
- wherein the pivoting strip is pivotably mounted around a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the axis of pivoting of the at least one baggage rack.
4 more elements
A baggage rack for an aircraft cabin, the rack comprising:
- a compartment having a lower outer face, an upper face, an open face arranged between the lower outer face and the upper face, and allowing access to the compartment for depositing and removal of at least a baggage, and a back positioned opposite to the open face of the compartment,
- wherein said rack is pivotably mounted around an axis of pivoting and pivots around said axis between an open position in which the open face of the compartment is accessible from the aircraft cabin and in which a rear portion of the lower outer face is concealed by a wall of the aircraft cabin, and a closed position in which the open face of the compartment is inaccessible from the aircraft cabin and in which the rear portion of the lower outer face is not concealed by the wall of the aircraft cabin,
- wherein said axis of pivoting is fixed relative to said compartment as said compartment pivots from said open position to said closed position,
- wherein said rear portion has a cylindrical form comprising generatrices substantially parallel to the axis of pivoting of the rack, and
- wherein a distance from the axis of pivoting to the generatrices continuously increases from an intersection of the lower outer face and the back of the compartment to the open face of the compartment.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.