Screen for a passenger cabin

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9027880-B2
Application number	US-201013145673-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2010
Priority date	Jan 23, 2009
Publication date	May 12, 2015
Grant date	May 12, 2015

Abstract

A device for creating an individually delimited zone of a passenger cabin in a mode of transport for at least one passenger seat includes a modular cabin element that has been attached in a positionally variable manner to stationary guide rails of the passenger seat by way of quick-release fasteners. Associated with this cabin element is an extendable and affixable privacy screen roller blind that forms a flexible dividing element, which privacy screen roller blind extends from the underside of the hatrack or the PSU panel or the ceiling arrangement, and in the lateral region in addition the sidewall lining of the passenger cabin, to the modular cabin element, and by way of which privacy screen roller blind an individually delimited zone can be implemented.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for use in a passenger cabin of a means of transport, the device comprising:
at least one passenger seat;
guide rails, positioned so as to be stationary, intended for the at least one passenger seat;
a delimited zone for at least one passenger seat; and
at least one flexible privacy screen roller blind configured as a partition element to implement the delimited zone;
wherein the at least one privacy screen roller blind is associated with a modular cabin element attached in a positionally variable manner to the guide rails of the at least one passenger seat;
wherein the at least one privacy screen roller blind in a functional position extends between the modular cabin element and at least one element selected from the group consisting of:
an underside of a hatrack;
a passenger service unit (PSU) panel;
a ceiling structure; and
a sidewall lining.

2. The device for use in a passenger cabin of claim 1 ,
wherein the passenger cabin comprises several delimited zones with which in each case at least one modular cabin element with an accompanying privacy screen roller blind is associated.

3. The device for use in a passenger cabin of claim 1 ,
wherein the modular cabin element makes it possible to achieve any desired delimitation or division of the passenger cabin into different passenger regions, groups of seats for passengers, or travel classes.

4. The device for use in a passenger cabin of claim 1 , further comprising:
manual or automated operation of the at least one privacy screen roller blind integrated in the modular cabin element.

5. The device for use in a passenger cabin of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one privacy screen roller blind in a functional position thereof is affixed to the ceiling structure of the passenger cabin, to the underside of the hatrack, or to the passenger service unit (PSU) panel by a locking mechanism.

6. The device for use in a passenger cabin of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one privacy screen roller blind is configured as a roller shutter or a venetian kind.

7. The device for use in a passenger cabin of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one rollable privacy screen roller blind is made from canvas, linen, a plastic foil or a rubber, and
wherein a material for the at least one rollable privacy screen comprises a flame-retardant material.

8. The device for use in a passenger cabin of claim 1 ,
wherein the modular cabin element, attached to the guide rails of the at least one passenger seat by way of a quick-release fastener, comprises a drum for the purpose of rolling up the at least one privacy screen roller blind.

9. The device for use in a passenger cabin of claim 1 , further comprising:
as a safety element for the delimited zone, an opening, integrated in the at least one privacy screen roller blind, the opening configured to be used as a door in the case of an emergency.

10. The device for use in a passenger cabin of claim 1 ,
wherein the modular cabin element, configured as a retrofit kit, is configured to be integrated in an existing passenger cabin.

11. The device for use in a passenger cabin of claim 1 ,
configured as a passenger cabin of an aircraft.

12. An aircraft comprising a device for use in a passenger cabin, the device comprising:
at least one passenger seat;
guide rails, positioned so as to be stationary, intended for the at least one passenger seat;
a delimited zone for at least one passenger seat; and
at least one flexible privacy screen roller blind configured as a partition element to implement the delimited zone;
wherein the at least one privacy screen roller blind is associated with a modular cabin element attached in a positionally variable manner to the guide rails of the at least one passenger seat;
wherein the at least one privacy screen roller blind in a functional position extends between the modular cabin element and at least one element selected from the group consisting of:
an underside of a hatrack;
a passenger service unit (PSU) panel;
a ceiling structure; and
a sidewall lining.

13. A method for installing and operating a device for providing a delimited zone in a passenger cabin of a means of transport, the device comprising at least one passenger seat, associated with stationary guide rails of the at least one passenger seat, and a modular cabin element with an integrated privacy screen roller blind which in a positionally variable manner is attached to the guide rails of the at least one passenger seat, the method comprising:
installing the modular cabin element to the guide rails of the at least one passenger seat;
adjusting the privacy screen roller blind;
locking the privacy screen roller blind to a ceiling structure of the passenger cabin, or to an underside of a hatrack, or to a passenger service unit (PSU) panel.

Assignees

• Breuer Matthias
• Mosler Michael
• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Breuer Matthias
• Mosler Michael

Classifications

• B64D11/0023 Primary

  Movable or removable cabin dividers, e.g. for class separation · CPC title

• B64D11/0606

  with privacy shells, screens, separators or the like (class dividers B64D11/0023) · CPC title

• B64D11/0696

  Means for fastening seats to floors, e.g. to floor rails · CPC title

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title