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Aircraft passenger accommodation unit
An aircraft passenger suite (fig.1(a),1000) has a shell 110 at least partially surrounding a seat, with an opening (fig.1(a),120) allowing aisle (fig.1(a),300) access. The opening has a door 130 which moves along a first path 133 in a first direction between an open position and a closed position, where the opening is at least partially blocked by the door. The door also moves in a second direction (fig.2(c),137), transverse to the first direction, between two configurations; in the first configuration the door moves across the opening along the first path, in the second configuration the door moves along a second path (fig.2(d),143). Preferably, the paths are parallel, but they may be differently angled with respect to horizontal. The door may have a first track 135 and second track (fig.2(c),141) on the shell supporting and guiding the door in the first, and second, configurations, respectively. A mechanism, such as a bolt 132 and spring (fig.2(a),149), may retain the door in the first configuration. The second track may provide an alternative should the first track become blocked, damaged, or in an emergency, where the door can be dropped vertically onto the second track, using a handle (fig.3(a),145) to release the bolt.
Aircraft passenger accommodation unit
An aircraft passenger suite (fig.1(a),1000) has a shell 110 at least partially surrounding a seat, with an opening (fig.1(a),120) allowing aisle (fig.1(a),300) access. The opening has a door 130 which moves along a first path 133 in a first direction between an open position and a closed position, where the opening is at least partially blocked by the door. The door also moves in a second direction (fig.2(c),137), transverse to the first direction, between two configurations; in the first configuration the door moves across the opening along the first path, in the second configuration the door moves along a second path (fig.2(d),143). Preferably, the paths are parallel, but they may be differently angled with respect to horizontal. The door may have a first track 135 and second track (fig.2(c),141) on the shell supporting and guiding the door in the first, and second, configurations, respectively. A mechanism, such as a bolt 132 and spring (fig.2(a),149), may retain the door in the first configuration. The second track may provide an alternative should the first track become blocked, damaged, or in an emergency, where the door can be dropped vertically onto the second track, using a handle (fig.3(a),145) to release the bolt.
Aircraft passenger accommodation unit
LEE NEALE (author) / CLIVE PEARCE (author)
2021-07-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English