US 9,365,292 C1 (12,548th)
Aircraft interior lavatory
Donald F. Cook, Arlington, WA (US); Liberty Harrington, Seattle, WA (US); Philipp Steiner, Seattle, WA (US); Robert K. Brauer, Seattle, WA (US); and Trevor Skelly, Mercer Island, WA (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Wellington, FL (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/014,981, Mar. 15, 2022.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 9,365,292, issued Jun. 14, 2016, Appl. No. 14/709,378, May 11, 2015.
Application 90/014,981 is a continuation of application No. 14/043,500, filed on Oct. 1, 2013, granted, now 9,073,641.
Application 14/043,500 is a continuation of application No. 13/089,063, filed on Apr. 18, 2011, granted, now 8,590,838.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/346,835, filed on May 20, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/326,198, filed on Apr. 20, 2010.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Mar. 22, 2024.
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/10 (2006.01); B64D 1/10 (2006.01); B64D 11/02 (2006.01); B64F 5/00 (2017.01)
CPC B64D 11/02 (2013.01) [B64C 1/10 (2013.01); B64D 11/06 (2013.01); B64D 11/064 (2014.12); B64F 5/00 (2013.01); Y02T 50/40 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1-12 are cancelled.
1. An aircraft enclosure for a cabin of an aircraft, the cabin including a passenger seat located forward of and proximate to the aircraft enclosure, said passenger seat having a seat back with an exterior aft surface that is substantially not flat, a seat bottom, and a seat support that interfaces with the floor of the aircraft cabin and holds the seat bottom in an elevated position above the floor of the aircraft cabin, the aircraft enclosure comprising:
an enclosure unit having a forward wall, said forward wall being part of an outer boundary defining a single enclosed space that includes a toilet, said forward wall being substantially not flat and configured to receive a portion of the exterior aft surface of said seat back when the seat back is in an unreclined seat position;
wherein said forward wall is adapted to provide additional space forward of the enclosure unit for said seat support to be positioned further aft in the cabin when compared with a position of said seat support if said forward wall was instead substantially flat; and
wherein said single enclosed space is taller than said passenger seat.