Patent ID: 11858639
Assignee: SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 31:
32. An aircraft having a fuselage, said fuselage comprising:
a longitudinally extending side of the aircraft, and
a passenger interior having a plurality of passenger rooms disposed along said longitudinally extending side, and at least one longitudinal row adjacent to said plurality of passenger rooms,
wherein at least one passenger room has a passenger space that is defined by a perimeter wall that encloses a passenger space, the perimeter wall including a section of the side of the aircraft and an internal wall having an opening to allow passenger access between the room and the longitudinal row,
wherein the room includes a passenger chair and a bed that are separate units that can be used at the same time without one unit interfering with the other unit and vice versa,
wherein the room includes a storage cassette for the bed positioned against a section of the perimeter wall that extends inwardly from the side of the aircraft,
wherein the storage cassette is provided for storing the bed in a vertical orientation along a longer edge of the bed in a stowed position,
wherein the bed is moveable between the stowed position in the cassette and an operative position in which the bed extends lengthwise inwardly from the side of the aircraft into the passenger space against a section of the perimeter wall that extends inwardly from the side of the aircraft and defines a sleeping platform within the passenger space,
wherein the cassette includes a cantilever assembly for supporting the bed in the operative position,
wherein the section of the perimeter wall forms a common wall between the room and an adjacent room,
wherein the common wall is an extendible/retractable wall such that the wall can be extended or retracted between a lowered position and a retracted position,
wherein extendible/retractable wall includes a plurality of panels arranged to telescope together, and
wherein the beds of the adjacent rooms are against the common wall, whereby when the extendible/retractable wall is in the retracted position, the beds can be moved from the stowed positions to the operative positions and in the operative positions define a double bed arrangement.