The present invention relates generally to aircraft enclosures, and more particularly relates to an aircraft cabin enclosure, such as a lavatory, an aircraft closet, or an aircraft galley, for example, including an aircraft cabin structure having an aft portion that can rapidly move in a forward direction towards an adjacent aft facing wall of an enclosure or lavatory in a sudden aircraft deceleration.
Aircraft lavatories, closets and other full height enclosures commonly have forward walls that are flat in a vertical plane. Structures such as passenger seats installed forward of such aircraft lavatories, closets and similar full height enclosures often have shapes that are contoured in the vertical plane. The juxtaposition of these flat walled enclosures and contoured structures renders significant volumes unusable to both the function of the flat walled lavatory or enclosure and the function of the contoured seat or other structure. Additionally, due to the lack of a provision for structural load sharing, conventional aircraft lavatories require a gap between the lavatory enclosures and adjacent structures, resulting in a further inefficiency in the use of space.
Aircraft bulkheads, typically separating passenger cabin areas or classes of passenger service, are in common use, and typically have a contour permitting passengers seated behind the bulkhead to extend their feet modestly under the premium seats immediately forward of the bulkhead. These provide a comfort advantage to passengers seated behind the bulkhead, but provide no increased efficiency in the use of space, in that they do not enable the seats fore and aft of the bulkhead to be placed more closely together. Short, floor-mounted stowage boxes, typically no taller than the bottom cushion of a passenger seat, are often positioned between the flat wall of current lavatories or other enclosures and passenger seats. These provide no improvement to the utility or spatial efficiency of the lavatory or other enclosure. While they do provide some useful stowage for miscellaneous items, they do not provide sufficient additional stowage to provide more space for passenger seating.
It would be desirable to provide an aircraft lavatory or other enclosure that can reduce or eliminate the gaps and volumes of space previously required between lavatory enclosures and adjacent aircraft cabin structures to allow an adjacent aircraft cabin structure such as passenger seating installed forward of the lavatory or other enclosure to be installed further aft, providing more space forward of the lavatory or enclosure for passenger seating or other features than has been possible in the prior art. Alternatively, the present invention can provide a more spacious lavatory or other enclosure with no need to move adjacent seats or other aircraft cabin structures forward.
It would also be desirable to provide an aircraft lavatory or other enclosure with a wall to bear loads from an adjacent passenger seating or other aircraft cabin structure, permitting elimination of a required gap between the lavatory or other enclosure and the adjacent passenger seating or other aircraft cabin structure, making more space available for other uses. In addition, enabling a lavatory or other enclosure to bear loads from an adjacent aircraft cabin structure can reduce the combined weight of the lavatory or other enclosure and the adjacent aircraft cabin structure.
It also would be desirable to provide an aircraft lavatory or other enclosure that can reduce or eliminate the gaps and volumes of space previously required between lavatory enclosures and adjacent aircraft cabin structures, to allow the installation of an increased number of passenger seats, to increase the value of the aircraft.
It also would be desirable to provide an aircraft lavatory or other enclosure that can provide a more efficient use of airplane cabin space and provide for greater passenger comfort by providing an aft facing concave recess in a lavatory or enclosure wall that provides a greater distance from an upper, forward facing portion of a seat back, against which a passenger's head would typically rest, to the aft facing lavatory or enclosure wall than to a flat wall extending in a vertical plane as in the prior art, to make it possible to avoid having a passenger's head impact the aft facing lavatory or enclosure wall in a sudden aircraft deceleration, and allowing the distance required between the seat and the lavatory or enclosure to be made smaller, making space available for other purposes in the airplane.
It also would be desirable to provide a volume in the aft facing concave recess in the lavatory or enclosure wall for a protective cushion, such as an airbag, for example, in order to reduce a passenger's risk of head trauma resulting from the passenger's head contacting the aft facing lavatory or enclosure wall in a sudden deceleration. It also would be desirable for the volume to provide space for a video monitor in the aft facing concave recess in the lavatory or enclosure wall that does not inhibit passenger movement, and for a bassinet or infant bed for use during flight that does not obstruct passenger movement as much as bassinets or infant beds mounted on the flat walls extending in a vertical plane of the prior art. It also would be desirable to provide a cavity or recess at floor level in the aft facing lavatory or enclosure wall to provide a volume for foot clearance for passengers. The present invention meets these and other needs.
Briefly, and in general terms, the present invention provides for an aircraft enclosure, such as a lavatory, an aircraft closet, or an aircraft galley, for example, that includes an aft facing concave wall recess that provides a greater distance from an upper, forward facing portion of a cabin structure. The cabin structure can be an aircraft passenger seat having an upper, forward facing seat back, and the greater distance between the aft facing concave wall recess avoids having a passenger's head impact the aft facing lavatory or enclosure wall in a sudden aircraft deceleration. The aft facing concave wall recess also provides space for mounting of a protective cushion, in order to reduce a passenger's risk of head trauma in a sudden deceleration, as well as other items, such as a video monitor, a bassinet or infant bed, without inhibiting passenger movement.
Accordingly, in one presently preferred aspect, the present invention provides for an enclosure, such as a lavatory, an aircraft closet, or an aircraft galley, for example, for a cabin of an aircraft including an aircraft enclosure for an aircraft cabin including a cabin structure such as a passenger seat, and having an upper aft portion and an upper, forward facing portion, such as for cushioning a passenger's head. The enclosure unit is mounted immediately forward of the aircraft cabin structure, and includes one or more walls having an aft facing wall portion that is taller than the aircraft cabin structure, and that has a surface defining a concave recess that is spaced apart from the upper, forward facing portion of the aircraft cabin structure.
In a presently preferred aspect, the cabin structure is an aircraft passenger seat that has a seat back movable from an upright position to a reclined position. In another presently preferred aspect, the concave recess includes a protective cushion. In another presently preferred aspect, the concave recess includes a video monitor. In another presently preferred aspect, the concave recess includes a bassinet. In another presently preferred aspect, the concave recess includes an infant bed. In another presently preferred aspect, the aft facing wall portion includes a recess adjacent to a floor of the aircraft cabin configured to provide foot clearance for a passenger.
These and other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings, which illustrate by way of example the features of the invention.
Referring to the drawings, which are provided by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in a first embodiment illustrated in
In another presently preferred aspect, the forward facing wall portion defines a secondary space 36 in the interior lavatory space in an area 38 forward of an aft-most portion 40 of the forward facing wall portion, and the forward facing wall portion includes a forward projection 42 configured to project over the aft portion of the adjacent passenger seat back 44 immediately forward of the lavatory stall unit. The secondary space can include an amenity stowage space 46 inside the lavatory stall unit in the area forward of the aft-most portion of the forward facing wall portion, and the secondary space can include design elements providing visual space, such as a visual perception of space, inside the lavatory in the area forward of an aft-most portion of the forward facing wall portion. A cavity or recess 48 may also be provided approximately at floor level in the forward facing lavatory or enclosure wall to provide a volume for attachment of a lower portion of the aircraft cabin structure, such as seat legs 47, for example, to an aircraft cabin floor 49.
Referring to
The lavatory includes a lavatory stall unit 124 and is enclosed by one or more walls 126 having an aft facing wall portion 128. The one or more walls define an interior lavatory space 130, and the aft facing wall portion is configured to be disposed forward of and adjacent to the aircraft cabin structure, such as a passenger seat, as would typically occur aft of an aircraft doorway or cross aisle 131. The enclosure is typically taller than the cabin structure or passenger seat, and the aft facing wall portion preferably is shaped to include a concave recess 134, so that the aft facing wall portion is substantially not flat in the vertical plane, and the concave recess is preferably spaced apart a distance 133 from the upper, forward facing portion of the aircraft cabin structure, where a passenger's head would typically rest, to the aft facing wall portion of the lavatory or enclosure, sufficient to avoid having a passenger's head impact the aft facing lavatory or enclosure wall in a sudden aircraft deceleration, and this distance is preferably a greater distance from the upper, forward facing portion of the aircraft cabin structure to the aft facing lavatory or enclosure wall than with a flat wall 139 (shown in dotted lines in
In another presently preferred aspect, the volume 145 in the aft facing concave recess in the aft facing wall portion is sufficient for the mounting of a protective or “delethalizing” cushion 151, such as an airbag, or an energy absorbing cushion, for example, to the aft facing concave recess in the aft facing wall portion, in order to reduce a passenger's risk of head trauma resulting from the passenger's head contacting the aft facing lavatory or enclosure wall in a sudden deceleration of the aircraft. The volume in the aft facing concave recess in the aft facing wall portion is also preferably sufficient for the mounting of a video monitor 152 in the aft facing concave recess in the lavatory or enclosure wall that does not inhibit passenger movement, as well as for the mounting of a bassinet or infant bed 153 that does not obstruct passenger movement as much as bassinets or infant beds mounted on the flat walls for use during flight and extending in a vertical plane of the prior art. In addition, at floor level or adjacent to the cabin floor 149, the aft facing wall portion may also include one or more cavities 154 configured to provide supplemental foot clearance for passengers.
It will be apparent from the foregoing that while particular forms of the invention have been illustrated and described, various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is not intended that the invention be limited, except as by the appended claims.
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