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US 9,403,465 B2Granted
Crew rest compartment and means of transport
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsBenedikt Kircher, Stephan Sontag, Paul Edwards
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Abstract
A crew rest compartment for a means of transport includes a first bunk and a second bunk, wherein the first bunk is located above the second bunk. Each bunk includes a sleeping area for accommodating a sleeping crew member, wherein each sleeping area has a longitudinal direction. The first bunk is aligned such that the longitudinal direction of the first bunk and a longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment enclose an angle which differs from 0° and 90°.
Claims19
A means of transport comprising:
- a cargo area;
- a cargo container located in the cargo area, wherein a crew rest compartment is arranged in the cargo container and the cargo container is delimited by sidewalls;
- the crew rest compartment comprising:
- a first bunk and a second bunk, the first bunk and the second bunk each comprising a sleeping area adapted for accommodating a sleeping member of a crew;
- a floor;
- wherein the first bunk and the second bunk are located above the floor and the first bunk and the second bunk are both accessible from the floor;
- wherein each sleeping area has a longitudinal direction which defines a longitudinal direction of the corresponding bunk;
- wherein the first bunk is located above the second bunk;
- and
- wherein the longitudinal direction of the first bunk and a longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment enclose an angle which differs from 0° and 90°, the longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment being parallel to the longitudinal direction of the means of transport when the crew rest compartment is mounted in the means of transport;
- and
- wherein the longitudinal direction of the first bunk is oblique to each of the sidewalls of the cargo container.
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