US 12,110,112 B2
Galley cart stowage system for a galley of an aircraft
Sergey D. Barmichev, Chicago, IL (US); and Mithra M. K. V. Sankrithi, Bremerton, WA (US)
Assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on May 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/828,092.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/195,195, filed on Jun. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0380052 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 11/04 (2006.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/04 (2013.01) [B64D 11/0007 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A galley cart stowage system for stowing galley carts in a galley of an aircraft, the galley cart stowage system comprising:
a lower cart compartment defining a lower galley cart cavity configured to receive a first galley cart of the galley carts;
an upper cart compartment located above the lower cart compartment, the upper cart compartment defining an upper galley cart cavity configured to receive a second galley cart of the galley carts;
a vertical conveyance device extending between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to move the second galley cart between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment; and
a galley workspace having a workspace volume located above the lower cart compartment and located below the upper cart compartment, the galley workspace having a countertop forming a working surface in the galley workspace, the countertop movable between a deployed position and a clearance position, the countertop located between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to block movement of the second galley cart between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment in the deployed position, the countertop moved to the clearance position to form an opening between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to allow movement of the second galley cart through the workspace volume of the galley workspace between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment.