Aircraft console

• US 4,396,172 A
• Filed: 06/19/1981
• Issued: 08/02/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Steven C. Waechter
• Original Assignee: Benson, David L.
• Inventors: Benson, David L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Frankfort, Charles E.
• Application Number:
  US06/275,341
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 244/1 R, 244/129.1, 220/4 R, 220/4 B, 220/4 E, 220/4 F, 206/557, 206/561, 296/37.8, 296/37.14, 224/42.42 R, 224/273, D 3/40, D 3/74, D12/155, 312/235 A, 312/265, 52/802, 52/805
• US Class Current: 244/129.1
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/00 Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 220/25 U-shaped sectional

Abstract

An aircraft console provided with a pair of opposed shell housing members which matingly engage to provide an aircraft console outside wall housing. Each of the shell housing members provided with outwardly extending floor-engaging flange portions along the lower perimeter thereof. The floor-engaging flange portions cooperate to form a floor-engaging stabilizing support flange along the bottom perimeter of the assembled aircraft console. A plurality of internal partition panels and compartment floor panels provided which are selectively oriented to form a plurality of compartments within the aircraft console when fixedly positioned intermediate and in fixed engagement with the shell housing members. Transversely oriented connector floor-engaging anchor panels provided transversely across the bottom of the aircraft console so as to matingly engage the stabilizing support flange. A floor-engaging anchor assembly is provided to selectively engage the aircraft cabin floor, the floor-engaging anchor panels and the floor-engaging stabilizing support flange so as to anchor the aircraft console in its operative use position on the floor of the aircraft cabin.

Claims

1. In an aircraft console comprising:

a pair of opposed vertically oriented shell housing members, said pair of opposed shell housing members adapted to matingly engage at the vertical edges thereof so as to form an aircraft console housing;

each of said opposed vertically oriented shell housing member provided with a horizontal outwardly extending floor-engaging flange along the bottom portion thereof, said flanges cooperating to form a continuously outwardly extending floor-engaging stabilizing support flange along the bottom perimeter of said aircraft console housing; and

a plurality of panels provided for selective fixed engagement with the inner surfaces of said aircraft console housing, said panels including compartment divider panels and compartment floor panels which cooperate with said shell housing members to form selected compartments in said aircraft console housing when said shell housing members are engaged to form said aircraft console housing.

2. In the aircraft console of claim 1 wherein at least a pair of spaced-apart transversely oriented anchor connector panels are selectively positioned transversely across the bottom of said aircraft console housing so that the ends of said anchor panels are in covered mating engagement with portions of said stabilizing support flange proximate thereto, each end of said anchor panels provided with anchor bolt receiving holes therethrough in register with corresponding anchor bolt receiving holes provided through said stabilizing support flange.

3. In the aircraft console of claim 1 wherein compartment floor panel support strips are provided for selective horizontal fixed engagement with the inner surfaces of said shell housing members.

4. In the aircraft console of claim 3 wherein said plurality of panels are provided for selective fixed engagement with the inner surface of said aircraft console housing and said compartment floor support strips.

5. In the aircraft console of claim 2 wherein anchor bolts are selectively provided through said anchor bolt receiving holes, said anchor bolts adapted to make threaded locking engagement with anchor lugs fixedly mounted beneath the aircraft cabin floor in register with said anchor bolt receiving holes so as to fixedly retain said aircraft console housing on the aircraft cabin floor.