Aircraft cabin bin retrofit

摘要

Disclosed herein is an asymmetric luggage stowage bin arrangement, with a pair of compartments attached to a single bin housing. The compartments being unequal in length, to optimize the storage capacity of the bin housing relative to the most common luggage dimensions on the market. In one form, the asymmetric luggage stowage bin arrangement is used as a retrofit to replace shelf-style luggage stowage compartments common to older style aircraft.

主权项

1. A luggage storage system for commercial aircraft, the system comprising:
a. a bin housing comprising:
i. an aircraft frame attachment device,ii. a bin divider;iii. a first bin end-wall on one longitudinal of the bin housing substantially parallel to the bin divider defining a first luggage compartment,iv. a second end-wall on the longitudinally opposite end of the bin housing from the first bin end-wall substantially parallel to the bin divider defining a second luggage compartment, andv. wherein the distance between the first bin end-wall and the bin divider is substantially less than the distance between the second bin end-wall and the bin divider.