Lavatory with stowage compartment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11434008-B2
Application number	US-201916549882-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2019
Priority date	Sep 28, 2012
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

An aircraft lavatory comprising an enclosure having a door, a first side wall, a rear wall, a ceiling, and a second side wall, wherein the second side wall includes a sink, the second side wall defining a plane and wherein the sink is inwardly disposed from said plane. To create space for a stowage compartment, an additional side wall parallel to, and adjacent to, said second side wall is formed. This space houses a stowage compartment accessible from outside said lavatory, the stowage compartment formed between said second side wall and said additional wall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An aircraft lavatory with a stowage compartment, comprising:
an enclosure having a door, a first side wall, a rear wall, a ceiling, and a second side wall, the second side wall defining a plane;
a sink inwardly disposed from the plane with respect to the first side wall;
an additional side wall outwardly disposed from the second side wall with respect to the first side wall, creating a first space between the second side wall and the additional side wall forming an amenities area; and
a stowage compartment disposed at a height above the sink and below the ceiling, the stowage compartment being accessible from outside the lavatory, the stowage compartment formed in a second space between the second side wall and the additional wall.

2. The aircraft lavatory of claim 1 , wherein the stowage compartment includes a stowage compartment door.

3. The aircraft lavatory of claim 1 , wherein the stowage compartment is a lockable stowage compartment.

4. The aircraft lavatory of claim 1 , wherein the stowage compartment includes a slide out drawer.

5. The aircraft lavatory of claim 1 , wherein the first space and the second space are generally vertically aligned.

6. The aircraft lavatory of claim 1 , wherein the sink is provided on the second side wall.

7. An aircraft lavatory, comprising:
an enclosure having a first side wall, a ceiling, a second side wall, a door between the first side wall and the second side wall, and a rear wall opposite the door, the second side wall defining a plane;
a sink inwardly disposed from the plane within the enclosure and with respect to the first side wall;
an additional side wall parallel to, adjacent to, and outwardly disposed from the second side wall, the additional side wall and the second side wall forming a space therebetween; and
a stowage compartment provided between the second side wall and the additional wall at a height above the sink, wherein the stowage compartment is accessible from outside the lavatory.

8. The aircraft lavatory of claim 7 , wherein the stowage compartment includes a stowage compartment door.

9. The aircraft lavatory of claim 7 , wherein the stowage compartment is a lockable stowage compartment.

10. The aircraft lavatory of claim 7 , wherein the stowage compartment includes a slide out drawer.

11. The aircraft lavatory of claim 7 , wherein the space is an amenity space, and wherein a volume between the first side wall and the additional wall includes the amenity space and the stowage compartment.

12. The aircraft lavatory of claim 11 , wherein the amenity space and the stowage compartment are generally vertically aligned.

13. The aircraft lavatory of claim 7 , wherein the sink is provided on the second side wall.

14. A lavatory structure for an aircraft, comprising:
a first lavatory;
a second lavatory positioned adjacent the first lavatory;
a contoured wall including a recess, the contoured wall forming a portion of at least one of the first lavatory and the second lavatory;
a first space formed at least in part by the contoured wall, the first space including an amenities area accessible from an interior of one of the first lavatory and the second lavatory;
a second space formed at least in part by the contoured wall, the second space including a stowage compartment accessible from outside the lavatory structure.

15. The lavatory structure of claim 14 , wherein the stowage compartment includes a stowage compartment door.

16. The lavatory structure of claim 14 , wherein the stowage compartment is a lockable stowage compartment.

17. The lavatory structure of claim 14 , wherein the stowage compartment includes a slide out drawer.

18. The lavatory structure of claim 14 , wherein the amenity space and the stowage compartment are generally vertically aligned.

19. The lavatory structure of claim 14 , wherein the contoured wall is a first contoured wall and the recess is a first recess, and the first contoured wall forms a portion of the first lavatory,
wherein the second lavatory includes a second contoured wall including a second recess.

20. The lavatory structure of claim 14 , wherein the second contoured wall forms an outermost exterior wall of the lavatory structure.

Assignees

• Be Aerospace Inc

Inventors

• Grieve James C
• Banfield William J
• Hashberger Frank E

Classifications

• B64D11/02 Primary

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• A47K4/00

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