Toilet module for a vehicle and a vehicle comprising a vehicle cabin and at least one toilet module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9862490-B2
Application number	US-201414466465-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2014
Priority date	Feb 24, 2012
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

A toilet module for a vehicle is provided. The toilet module comprises a housing having a front wall, a first functional wall and at least one second functional wall, which enclose a floor surface on the underside of the housing, and a toilet unit. The front wall comprises an access opening. The first functional wall is arranged opposite the front wall and accommodates the toilet unit. The at least one second functional wall extends between the first functional wall and the front wall and is perpendicular to the front wall. The toilet unit has a longitudinal extension axis which forms an angle which is greater than 0° with the at least one second functional wall. In this way, a particularly narrow and compact toilet module can be provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A toilet module for a vehicle, comprising:
a housing having a front wall, a first functional wall, and at least one second functional wall, which enclose a floor surface of the housing, wherein the front wall includes an access opening, the first functional wall is arranged opposite the front wall, the at least one second functional wall extends between the first functional wall and the front wall, the at least one second functional wall is perpendicular to the front wall, and the first functional wall and the second functional wall form a corner,
a toilet unit supported by the first functional wall,
a horizontally arranged storage shelf inside the toilet module adjacent to the at least one second functional wall, and
a rubbish bin located underneath the storage shelf, and
a waste flap in the storage shelf for covering the rubbish bin, wherein the waste flap is located adjacent the corner of the first functional wall and the second functional wall,
wherein the toilet unit has a longitudinal extension axis which forms an angle which is greater than 0° with the at least one second functional wall.

2. The toilet module according to claim 1 , wherein the first functional wall is of a curved shape which corresponds at least in portions to a fuselage wall of a vehicle.

3. The toilet module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing separates an internal space within the housing from an external space outside of the housing, wherein the toilet module has an upper face and the at least one second functional wall has on the upper face an opening to which a storage compartment is attached, and wherein the storage compartment extends outwardly from the housing of the toilet module into the external space.

4. The toilet module according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one second functional wall comprises two opposite second functional walls and wherein the storage compartment includes a respective storage compartment arranged on each of the two opposite second functional walls.

5. The toilet module according to claim 1 , wherein a washstand is arranged on the at least one second functional wall, in a region facing towards the front wall.

6. The toilet module according to claim 5 , wherein the access opening is narrower than the front wall and is arranged in a region of the front wall remote from the washstand.

7. The toilet module according to claim 5 , wherein the washstand extends into a region of the front wall remote from the access opening.

8. The toilet module according to claim 5 , wherein the washstand has a longitudinal extension which extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal extension axis of the toilet unit.

9. The toilet module according to claim 1 , wherein a boundary wall extends vertically upwards above the toilet unit and together with the first functional wall encloses a storage space.

10. The toilet module according to claim 1 , wherein the first functional wall is orientated parallel to the front wall.

11. The toilet module according to claim 1 , further comprising a table attached to one of the first functional wall and the at least one second functional wall, wherein the table is swivable between a stowage position and a use position, wherein in the use position the table lies directly over the storage shelf.

12. The toilet module according to claim 1 , wherein the waste flap is spring-loaded.

13. The toilet module according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second functional wall comprises a protrusion in a lower region.

14. The toilet module according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second functional wall comprises an indentation in a lower region.

15. The toilet module according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second functional wall, from which the toilet unit faces away, comprises a protrusion at least in an upper region.

16. The toilet module according to claim 14 , wherein a vehicle attendant seat is arranged on the outside of the at least one second functional wall which comprises the protrusion at least in an upper region.

17. The toilet module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing defines an outer footprint of the toilet module, and wherein the toilet module further comprises a stretcher flap that forms a portion of the at least one second functional wall and is swivable into the housing of the toilet module to reduce the outer footprint of the toilet module.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Schliwa Ralf
• Luderer Volker
• Schuephaus Florian
• Lange Roland
• Eckert Michael

Classifications

• B64D2011/0092

  Arrangements for mounting stretchers in aircraft cabins · CPC title

• B64D2011/0046

  Modular or preassembled units for creating cabin interior structures · CPC title

• B64D11/02 Primary

  Toilet fittings · CPC title

• B61D35/00

  Sanitation · CPC title