US 12,084,164 B2
Privacy door for an internal cabin of a vehicle
Sami Movsesian, Glendale, CA (US); and Steven Hillary Sauer, Spokane, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/966,971.
Prior Publication US 2024/0124118 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 1/14 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 1/1469 (2013.01) [B64C 1/1461 (2013.01); B64D 45/0028 (2019.08)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An internal cabin of a vehicle comprising:
a vehicle control area;
a first door coupled to the vehicle control area, wherein the first door is moveable between a first open position and a first closed position;
a passenger seating area;
an aisle extending between the vehicle control area and the passenger seating area;
a first monument; a second monument, wherein a forward section of the aisle is disposed between the first monument and the second monument, wherein one or both of the first monument or the second monument comprises a monument door moveable between a monument open position and a monument closed position, and wherein one or both of the first monument or the second monument is accessible when the monument door is in the monument open position; and
a second door disposed within the aisle between the first monument and the second monument, wherein the second door is moveable between a second open position and a second closed position, and wherein a privacy vestibule is defined between the second door in the second closed position, the first monument, the second monument, and the vehicle control area, wherein the second door comprises:
an access panel moveable between an access closed position and an access open position; and
one or more decompression panels moveable between a decompression closed position and a decompression open position,
wherein the second door cannot be moved from the second closed position to the second open position when the access panel is in the access open position and engages a locking mechanism with a handle on the second door.