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

Claim 15:
16. 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 passenger 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 storing the bed in a stowed position that has a minimal footprint in the passenger space,
wherein the bed is moveable between the stowed position in the cassette and an operative position in which the bed defines a sleeping platform within the passenger space,
wherein the stowed position is a vertical orientation along a longer edge of the bed,
wherein the operative position is a position in which the bed extends lengthwise inwardly from the side of the aircraft into the passenger space,
wherein the room includes a section of the perimeter wall that extends inwardly from the side of the aircraft and is a common wall between the room and an adjacent room,
wherein the common wall is an extendible/retractable wall such that the common wall can be extended or retracted between a lowered position and a retracted position, and
wherein the cassettes and 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 in the cassettes to the operative positions and in the operative positions define a double bed arrangement.