Package storage assembly and installation method

摘要

A package storage assembly including a loft panel for carrying objects over the seating area of a mass transit vehicle passenger compartment is installed by forming the loft panel as a single homogeneous unitary piece, then connecting an elongated base member to an inner edge of the loft panel and connecting lower ends of a plurality of spaced-apart generally vertical stanchions to the base member. An elongated wall bracket having an elongated recess is mounting in a horizontal orientation on along an interior side wall of a vehicle. The loft panel is then supported in a generally horizontal attitude by supporting its outer edge in the elongated recess of the wall bracket and connecting upper ends of the stanchions to the ceiling of the vehicle.