US 11,981,435 B2
Temporary changing room reusing flight attendant seat area
Oscar Ruiz Lara, Versailles (FR); and Arthur Glain, Boulogne-Billancourt (FR)
Assigned to Safran Seats USA LLC, Gainesville, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/051,685
Filed by Safran Seats USA LLC, Gainesville, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 31, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/055736
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 29, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/224591, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/676,501, filed on May 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0245884 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B64D 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0606 (2014.12) [B64D 11/04 (2013.01); B64D 11/0691 (2014.12)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft cabin arrangement comprising:
at least one fixed wall, wherein the fixed wall includes at least one mounting location;
a passenger seating area comprising at least one passenger seat; and
a non-passenger seating area comprising a temporary privacy module configured to selectively enclose a portion of the non-passenger seating area, the temporary privacy module comprising a support and a privacy device supported by the support, wherein the privacy device is movable relative to the support between a stowed position and a deployed position, and wherein, in the deployed position, the privacy device encloses the portion of the non-passenger seating area, wherein the support comprises a top panel, an aft panel extending downwards from an aft portion of the top panel, a first side panel extending downwards, and a second side panel extending downwards, wherein the top panel, the aft panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel together define a privacy room, and wherein a forward side of the support defines an opening providing access to the privacy room;
wherein the aft panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel are configured to be foldable relative to the top panel of the support such that the support is substantially flat when in the stowed position,
wherein the temporary privacy module is removably mounted in the non-passenger seating area such that a location of the non-passenger seating area selectively enclosed by the privacy module is adjustable within the non-passenger seating area,
wherein the privacy module is configured to be assembled and mounted in the non-passenger seating area during travel and is further configured to be disassembled and dismounted in the non-passenger seating area and stowed when not in use,
wherein the support comprises a railing removably attached to the top panel and wherein the railing is configured to extend between the first side panel and the second side panel when attached to the top panel and the temporary privacy module is in the deployed position,
wherein the privacy device comprises a privacy screen which extends downwards from the railing and is movable along the railing between the stowed position and the deployed position, wherein in the deployed positioned the privacy screen covers the opening of the privacy room, and
wherein the support includes at least one removable mounting mechanism configured to selectively engaged with the at least one mounting locations of the fixed wall to removably mount the support to the fixed wall.