Aircraft lavatory unit

An aircraft lavatory unit having a toilet bowl provided within a structural frame,

• the structural frame including two first wall faces disposed opposite each other, and a second wall face that connects the first wall faces, the second wall face being formed into a shape that includes a curved surface along a side wall of a fuselage of the aircraft,
• the toilet bowl being disposed so that the two first wall faces are located at sides of the toilet bowl, and the second wall face being located to a rear of the toilet bowl,
• handrails, each having an elongated shape, being provided at positions on the two first wall faces sandwiching the toilet bowl, the handrails for use when sitting down onto a toilet seat of the toilet bowl and when standing up from the toilet seat,
• a diaper changing platform being provided on the second wall face at a position above the toilet bowl with a hinge as a support point, that is capable of being pivoted between a stowage position conforming to the second wall face and a usage position when it is lowered to above the toilet bowl,
• a thickness of the second wall face being configured to become gradually thinner in a direction from a lower part to an upper part of the second wall face,
• the second wall face being provided with a stowage recess capable of stowing the diaper changing platform thereinto formed in the curved surface at a position higher than a position of the toilet bowl, the second wall face having a thickness formed by the stowage recess so that a bottom surface of the diaper changing platform and the second wall face are continuous when the diaper changing platform is stowed into the stowage recess, and
• the diaper changing platform being disposed at a position directly above the toilet bowl in the usage position and being supported by the handrails at side portions of the diaper changing platform on sides of the two first wall faces.