Baggage bin door and baggage bin

• US 20070164154A1
• Filed: 10/30/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus
• Original Assignee: Airbus
• Inventors: Bock, Thomas-Mathias
• Granted Patent: US 7,665,692 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 244/118.500
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/003 Stowage devices for passengers' personal luggage

Abstract

A baggage bin for an aircraft includes a compartment with a lower face substantially plane and a first flap that, in a closing position, is inclined toward the inside of the baggage bin in relation to a plane perpendicular to the lower face of the baggage bin. The first flap is mounted pivoting around a first axis. The bin includes a second flap arranged outside the first flap in relation to the baggage bin and articulated with the first flap. The second flap extends, in the closing position of the baggage bin, from a lower edge of the baggage bin to a ceiling edge.

Claims

1. A baggage bin comprising:

a compartment;

a door allowing access to said compartment;

wherein said compartment has a lower face having a substantially plane area near the door,

wherein the door has in a closing position, a first flap inclined toward an inside of the baggage bin in relation to a plane perpendicular to the substantially plane area of the lower face of the baggage bin, said first flap being mounted pivoting around a first axis,

wherein the door comprises a second flap arranged outside the first flap in relation to the baggage bin and articulated with the first flap, and

wherein the second flap extends, in said closing position, from a lower edge of the baggage bin to a ceiling edge.

2. The baggage bin according to claim 1, wherein the second flap is articulated with the first flap so as to be able to pivot in relation to said flap around a second axis of pivoting more or less parallel to the first.

3. The baggage bin according to claim 1, wherein the first flap only partially closes the baggage bin.

4. The baggage bin according to claim 1, further comprising locking means for keeping, at the time of opening thereof, the second flap in contact with said ceiling edge.

5. The baggage bin according to claim 4, wherein the locking means comprise a spring configured to move the second flap away from the first flap.

6. The baggage bin according to claim 5, wherein the spring is integrated into the articulation between the two doors.

7. The baggage bin according to claim 5, wherein the locking means are arranged on the second flap.

8. An aircraft cabin comprising at least one baggage bin according claim 1.

9. An aircraft comprising at least one baggage bin according to claim 1.