Apparatus for holding a cabin attendant seat, cabin arrangement in a vehicle and vehicle having a cabin and such a cabin arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9573689-B2
Application number	US-201514672883-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2015
Priority date	Apr 4, 2014
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

An apparatus for holding a cabin attendant seat in a cabin of a vehicle includes a base body attachable to a wall surface in the cabin, at least one holding mechanism for holding a cabin attendant seat, at least one linear movement mechanism, and at least one arresting mechanism. The at least one linear movement mechanism is attached to the base body and supports the at least one holding mechanism. The at least one linear movement mechanism is configured for laterally moving the at least one holding mechanism between at least two laterally distanced discrete positions. The at least one arresting mechanism is coupled with the at least one linear movement mechanism and is configured for arresting the at least one linear movement mechanism in the at least two discrete positions. By this apparatus a very space effective provision of a cabin attendant seat especially on a monument is given.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for holding a cabin attendant seat in a cabin of a vehicle, comprising:
a base body attachable to a wall surface in the cabin;
at least one holding means for holding a cabin attendant seat;
at least one linear movement means; and
at least one arresting means,
wherein the at least one linear movement means is attached to the base body and supports the at least one holding means,
wherein the at least one linear movement means is configured for laterally moving the at least one holding means between at least two laterally distanced discrete positions such that the cabin attendant seat is configured to accommodate an individual in each of the at least two laterally distanced discrete positions of the at least one holding means, and
wherein the at least one arresting means is coupled with the at least one linear movement means and is configured for arresting the at least one linear movement means in the at least two discrete positions.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one holding means for holding a cabin attendant seat comprises an adapter for mechanically connecting the at least one linear movement means with the cabin attendant seat, and
wherein the adapter is adapted to a desired specific model of the cabin attendant seat.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one linear movement means comprises a rail and a guide for guiding the rail.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the at least one arresting means comprises a locking body engageable with at least one recess arranged in a fixed geometrical relationship to the rail.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of arresting means and a locking mechanism extending in the base body, comprising an operating element and coupled with each of the arresting means.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the locking mechanism is adapted to automatically revert to a locking position when the operating element is not held by an operator.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the operating element extends through a delimiting face of the base body.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a curtain, wherein the curtain is at least partially attachable to the base body and configured for extending to a position vertical to a main extension plane of the cabin attendant seat.

9. A modular monument for a cabin of a vehicle, comprising:
at least one monument module having a sidewall;
a cabin attendant seat; and
an apparatus for holding the cabin attendant seat on the sidewall, the apparatus comprising:
a base body attachable to a wall surface in the cabin;
at least one holding means for holding a cabin attendant seat;
at least one linear movement means; and
at least one arresting means,
wherein the at least one linear movement means is attached to the base body and supports the at least one holding means,
wherein the at least one linear movement means is configured for laterally moving the at least one holding means between at least two laterally distanced discrete positions such that the cabin attendant seat is configured to accommodate an individual in each of the at least two laterally distanced discrete positions of the at least one holding means, and
wherein the at least one arresting means is coupled with the at least one linear movement means and is configured for arresting the at least one linear movement means in the at least two discrete positions.

10. The modular monument according to claim 9 , comprising a first lateral monument module and a second lateral monument module,
wherein the first lateral monument module is a galley module and wherein the second lateral monument module is a toilet module.

11. The modular monument according to claim 10 , wherein the toilet module comprises a first toilet compartment and an adjacent second toilet compartment.

12. The modular monument according to claim 11 , wherein the first toilet compartment and the second toilet compartment enclose a removable or retractable separating wall, and
wherein the first toilet compartment and the second toilet compartment are combinable to a single toilet compartment by removing or retracting the separating wall.

13. The modular monument according to claim 10 , wherein the galley module comprises trolley parking positions for receiving trolleys.

14. The modular monument according to claim 10 , wherein the cabin attendant seat is fixable in at least two of a group of positions, the group consisting of:
a trolley-free position with the cabin attendant seat mainly extending in front of a toilet module,
a TTL position with the cabin attendant seat extending in front of a toilet module and a galley module in substantially equal parts, and
a crew rest position with the cabin attendant seat mainly extending in front of a galley module.

15. The modular monument according to claim 9 , further comprising a first lateral monument module and a second lateral monument module,
wherein the cabin attendant seat is fixable in at least two of a group of positions, the group consisting of:
a trolley-free position with the cabin attendant seat mainly extending in front of the first monument module,
a TTL position with the cabin attendant seat extending in front of the first monument module and the second monument module in substantially equal parts, and
a crew rest position with the cabin attendant seat mainly extending in front of the second monument module.

16. A vehicle, having a cabin and a monument arranged in the cabin, the monument comprising:
at least one monument module having a sidewall;
a cabin attendant seat; and
an apparatus for holding the cabin attendant seat on the sidewall, the apparatus comprising:
a base body attachable to a wall surface in the cabin;
at least one holding means for holding a cabin attendant seat;
at least one linear movement means; and
at least one arresting means,
wherein the at least one linear movement means is attached to the base body and supports the at least one holding means,
wherein the at least one linear movement means is configured for laterally moving the at least one holding means between at least two laterally distanced discrete positions such that the cabin attendant seat is configured to accommodate an individual in each of the at least two laterally distanced discrete positions of the at least one holding means, and
wherein the at least one arresting means is coupled with the at least one linear movement means and is configured for arresting the at least one linear movement means in the at least two discrete positions.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Schliwa Ralf
• Lange Roland

Classifications

• B64D11/04

  Galleys · CPC title

• B64D11/0007

  Devices specially adapted for food or beverage distribution services · CPC title

• B64D11/0691 Primary

  specially adapted for cabin crew · CPC title

• B64D11/0698 Primary

  Seats suspended from aircraft walls · CPC title

• B64D11/02

  Toilet fittings · CPC title