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

Claim 9:
10. 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 comprising:
a first support-element portion, which has a substantially flat first support-element face, the first support-element face extending in the direction of the vertical axis and forming an angle of less than 45° with the transverse axis; and
a second support-element portion, which has a substantially flat second support-element face, the second support-element face extending in the direction of the vertical axis and forming an angle of less than 45° with the longitudinal axis of the passenger cabin area;

a plurality of first steps that are fastened to a portion of the substantially flat first support-element face and extend, at least in a ready-for-use operating state of the stairway element, substantially perpendicularly from the substantially flat first support-element face; and
a plurality of second steps that are fastened to a portion of the substantially flat second support-element face and extend, at least in a ready-for-use operating state of the stairway element, substantially perpendicularly from the substantially flat second support-element face;
wherein the second support-element portion is positioned laterally adjacent, in the direction of the transverse axis, to one of the one or more passenger seats.