Railway rolling stock – Special car bodies – Sleeping
Patent
1987-11-18
1989-08-08
Bertsch, Richard A.
Railway rolling stock
Special car bodies
Sleeping
105340, 105345, B61D 108
Patent
active
048542458
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to an arrangement permitting passengers in mobile units, such as coaches or trains, to stay both by day and by night in a lower and an upper one of two superposed passenger accommodations (1a, 1b) that are formed by one passenger accommodation (1) being converted into the two superposed passenger accommodations (1a, 1b) by the lowering of a ceiling element (33) which is arranged in a raisable and lowerable fashion in the passenger accommodation (1). To permit enhanced utilization of both the lower and the upper passenger accommodations (1a, 1b) by day as well as by night, the ceiling element (33) comprises at least one seat (36-39) which is convertible into at least one berth.
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