Patent ID: 11905019
Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A passenger cabin area comprising:
at least one aisle extending along a longitudinal axis of the passenger cabin area;
a seating area arranged next to the aisle in a direction of a transverse axis of the passenger cabin area, the transverse axis being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the seating area comprises one or more passenger seats, all of the one or more passenger seats in the seating area being on a same side of the aisle as each other;
a plurality of sleeping berths arranged above the seating area in a direction of a vertical axis of the passenger cabin area, the vertical axis being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis; and
stairway elements, each of the stairway elements being assigned individually to a corresponding sleeping berth of the plurality of sleeping berths and configured to provide access from the aisle of the passenger cabin area to the corresponding sleeping berth associated therewith, the stairway elements comprising:
a support element that extends in the direction of the vertical axis and comprises a substantially flat support face; and
a plurality of steps that are fastened to a portion of the substantially flat support face and extend, in a ready-for-use operating state of the stairway element, substantially perpendicularly from the substantially flat support face of the support element;
wherein the support element is positioned laterally adjacent, in the direction of the transverse axis, to a passenger seat of the one or more passenger seats, such that the support element is within the seating area and between the passenger seat and the aisle; and
wherein the portion of the substantially flat support face to which the plurality of steps are attached faces the aisle.