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

Claim 0:
1. 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 passenger 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 storage cassette and the bed are positioned against a section of the perimeter wall that extends inwardly from the side of the aircraft,
wherein the room includes a section of the perimeter wall that is 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 the extendible/retractable wall includes a plurality of panels arranged to telescope together, and
wherein the storage 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 to the operative positions and in the operative positions define a double bed arrangement.