| 摘要 |
The present invention first provides a high-density accommodations module which is vertically convertible from parallel bedding to staggered-seating configurations. The respective configurations are more specifically established by at least one set of vertically-paired, reconfigurable accommodations compartments, each having in each of its associated configurations an upper-torso section and a lower-torso section. In the bedding configuration, prone postures are accommodated by a mutually-horizontal disposition of associated upper and lower-torso sections. In the seating configuration, upright postures are accommodated by a mutually-vertical disposition of the associated sections. For the conversion from bedding to seating, the module is arranged such that the lower-torso section of the upper compartment's bedding configuration becomes an upper-torso section for the lower compartment's seating configuration. In a companion manner the upper-torso section for each compartment's bedding configuration becomes a lower-torso section for the convertibly-associated seating configuration. Given this modular, high-density convertibility, the invention then further provides a high-load-factor transportation system in which a transportation vehicle carries a multitude of the subject accommodations modules so that both upright-seating and prone-bedding postures are available to each module-accommodated passenger. |
