Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft structure – Passenger or crew accommodation
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-09
2001-07-10
Jordan, Charles T. (Department: 3644)
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft structure
Passenger or crew accommodation
C244S129500, C160S084040, C160S210000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06257523
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is known to provide modules with doors in the passenger cabin of aircraft for such uses as storage. It is also known to utilize space adjacent to the doorway of the exterior aircraft door when the door is not in use by providing fold-down seating space therein for the flight or attendant crew. However, such seating space is not private and the use of a curtain to partition the space may not provide sufficient privacy to permit changing clothes or sleeping in the space during long flights.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In one aspect, this invention is a stowable aircraft cabin vertical partition comprising (1) at least three rigid rectangular-shaped panels attached to each other by panel hinges along the horizontal joints between the panels, that permit the partition to hang vertically when in use and to be fan folded along the joints when stowed (2) a partition support to which the partition is attached near or along its top edge, (3) a stowage support which holds the fan-folded partition next to the support for stowage; wherein a portion of the panels form a vertically-hinged cabin access door having a sufficient number of vertical and horizontal hinges to keep the panels of the access door in a planar alignment with each other when the partition is in use, and to be fan folded with the rest of the partition when the partition is stowed. The partition may be positioned so that it encloses the space adjacent to an aircraft exterior door and between partitions or modules located fore and aft of the exterior door, from the rest of the passenger cabin.
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Dinh Tien
Galbraith Ann K.
Jordan Charles T.
The Boeing Company
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