Fastening system for suspended overhead storage bins

Fastening system for fastening one or more overhead storage bins on a supporting structure in a suspended manner, comprising:

• at least one pair of suspension eye lugs, including a first lug and a second lug, wherein each lug of the pair is attachable to a respective one of the supporting structure or to one of the overhead storage bins, and wherein each lug extends substantially parallel to, and on opposite sides of, a substantially vertical plane,
• the first lug comprising a main pin movably mounted therein, the main in being slidable in a substantially horizontal direction, and
• the first and second lugs each including a receiver[s] that aligns with the other receiver in an installation position of the overhead storage bin,
• wherein the second lug comprises an inclined ramp adjacent the receiver of the second lug, and
• wherein a main pin guide is provided in the receiver of the first lug, and the main pin is spring loaded in the main pin guide so as to be biased toward an end position in which the main pin is extended out from the main pin guide, and in which a proximal end of the main in is vertically aligned with the inclined ramp,
• wherein when the overhead storage bin is moved vertically toward the installation position, the main in slidably engages the inclined ramp, thereby moving the main in against the spring bias, away from the end position, until the receivers of both lugs are aligned in the installation position, at which point the main pin is biased into the receiver of the second lug, and
• the receiver of the second lug comprises a stop therein on which the main pin can be brought into contact, and the main pin is lockable with a positive-fit connection to the stop by manual activation, wherein the stop is a peg arranged centrally in the receiver of the second lug and the main pin has a complementarily shaped hole in which the peg is held.