Arrangement for selectively arresting a serving trolley in a cabin of a transportation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10569880-B2
Application number	US-201715604280-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2017
Priority date	May 25, 2016
Publication date	Feb 25, 2020
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020

Abstract

An arrangement for selectively arresting a serving trolley in a cabin includes a walling extending perpendicularly to a cabin floor. The walling has a height at least equal to the height of a serving trolley. The arrangement has an upper arresting unit positioned at an upper fastening section of the walling and a lower arresting unit positioned at a lower fastening section of the walling. The upper arresting unit has a first engagement element and a second engagement element, wherein at least one of the engagement elements is movable relative to the other engagement element. The upper arresting unit releasably engages two distanced recesses at an upper end of the serving trolley by way of the engagement elements. The lower arresting unit includes at least one third engagement element and is designed for engaging a bottom side component of the serving trolley by way of the third engagement element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An arrangement for selectively arresting a serving trolley in the cabin of an aircraft, comprising:
a walling extending perpendicularly to a cabin floor, which walling comprises a height, which is at least equal to the height of a serving trolley;
an upper arresting unit positioned at an upper fastening section of the walling; and
a lower arresting unit positioned at a lower fastening section of the walling that is distanced from the upper fastening section;
wherein the upper arresting unit comprises a first engagement element and a second engagement element, wherein at least one of the first engagement element and the second engagement element is movable relative to the respective other engagement element;
wherein the upper arresting unit is configured to engage two distanced recesses at an upper end of the serving trolley by way of the first engagement element and the second engagement element; and
wherein the lower arresting unit comprises at least one third engagement element and is configured to engage a bottom side component of the serving trolley by way of the third engagement element.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 :
wherein the upper arresting unit comprises a stop component, which runs perpendicular to the walling and parallel to the cabin floor, which stop component comprises a bottom side facing the cabin floor, the bottom side having a height that corresponds to the height of the serving trolley; and
wherein the first engagement element and the second engagement element are arranged at two opposed ends of the elongate stop component.

3. The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein one of the first engagement element and the second engagement element is movably supported along a longitudinal direction of the stop component on the stop component.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first engagement element and the second engagement element each comprise a thorn-like component, which substantially extend parallel to the cabin floor.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first engagement element and the second engagement element is movable in a plane arranged parallel to the cabin floor.

6. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the upper arresting unit comprises a variable length.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 :
wherein the first engagement element is rigidly supported on the upper arresting device;
wherein the second engagement element is bringable into an insertion position and a locking position; and
wherein the second engagement element is configured to automatically reach the locking position during insertion of the upper end of the serving trolley into the arrangement.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the second engagement element is movable in a plane, which runs parallel to the walling.

9. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the upper arresting unit comprises a device or component to move the upper arresting unit in a direction perpendicular to the floor.

10. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the lower arresting unit comprises a third engagement element, which is supported so as to be foldable to the walling and is lockable in a state folded out from the walling.

11. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first engagement element and the third engagement element extend into the same direction.

12. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the third engagement element comprises a flat, hook-shaped design.

13. An aircraft comprising:
a passenger cabin; and
at least one arrangement comprising:
a walling extending perpendicularly to a cabin floor, which walling comprises a height, which is at least equal to the height of a serving trolley;
an upper arresting unit positioned at an upper fastening section of the walling; and
a lower arresting unit positioned at a lower fastening section of the walling that is distanced from the upper fastening section;

wherein the upper arresting unit comprises a first engagement element and a second engagement element, wherein at least one of the first engagement element and the second engagement element is movable relative to the respective other engagement element;
wherein the upper arresting unit is configured to releasably engage two distanced recesses at an upper end of the serving trolley by way of the first engagement element and the second engagement element; and
wherein the lower arresting unit comprises at least one third engagement element and is designed for engaging a bottom side component of the serving trolley by way of the third engagement element.

14. The aircraft according to claim 13 , wherein the walling is a part of a cabin monument.

15. The aircraft according to claim 13 , wherein the walling is at least partially directed into a door region of the passenger cabin.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Heidtmann Andreas
• Lange Roland
• Jensen Lasse

Classifications

• B64D11/04 Primary

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• B64D11/0007

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• Y02T50/46

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• Y02T50/40

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