Patent ID: 11970272
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A method comprising:
moving a cargo system to a location adjacent to a passenger seat in an aircraft, wherein the cargo system comprises a plurality of storage containers comprising a first storage container operably connected to a second storage container via at least one connector, wherein the at least one connector is configured to allow relative movement of the first storage container to the second storage container between a first position and a second position, wherein the cargo system is moved to the location while the first storage container is in the first position, and wherein based on the first storage container being in the first position, the plurality of storage containers are in a stacked arrangement in which the second storage container supports the first storage container; and
at the location, moving the first storage container to the second position, wherein based on the first storage container being in the second position, the plurality of storage containers are in a seated arrangement in which (i) the first storage container is positioned relative to the second storage container and configured to sit on a passenger seat in an aircraft and (ii) the second storage container is configured to abut or sit adjacent to the passenger seat.