Patent ID: 9382006
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B64D

Claim Text:
1. An A structure for arranging the aircraft lavatory unit, the structure comprising: a fuselage of an aircraft including: a longitudinal aisle extending in a longitudinal direction of the fuselage; seat groups having a plurality of seat rows arranged in rows in the longitudinal direction of the fuselage on both left and right sides of the longitudinal aisle, the seat rows having a plurality of seats facing a front of the fuselage and arranged in rows in a latitudinal direction of the fuselage; a latitudinal aisle extending in the latitudinal direction from a boarding entrance behind the seat groups; and a rear seat row, constituted by a rearmost seat row of at least one of the seat groups on the left and right sides of the longitudinal aisle, having a seat, located near the longitudinal aisle, removed in comparison to seat rows located in front of the rear seat row, the aircraft lavatory unit comprising a body frame including: a bottom wall; a first side wall and a second side wall extending from the bottom wall and facing each other; a rear wall connecting the side walls at one end; and a front wall connecting the side walls at another end and having a doorway; the second side wall including a long-space-section side wall located near the rear wall, the long-space-section side wall extending from the bottom wall to at least a height greater than a height of a backrest of an aircraft the seat when in an upright position, the second side wall forming, between the long-space-section side wall and the first side wall, a long space section extending linearly with a uniform width and a wide-space-section side wall located near the front wall, the wide-space-section side wall extending from the bottom wall, connecting to the long-space-section side wall and forming, between the wide-space-section side wall and the first side wall, a wide space section having a greater width than the long space section; the body frame having a toilet bowl and a wash basin arranged therein to form a lavatory; the toilet bowl being arranged at an end in an extending direction of the long space section near the rear wall; the wash basin being arranged at one end in a width direction of the wide space section; and a width of the body frame where the long-space-section side wall exposed to an outer side of the body frame is located being set to minimum dimensions sufficient for ensuring that the long space section has a width allowing a person to come and go between the doorway and the toilet bowl and allowing a person to sit on the toilet bowl, the aircraft lavatory unit being arranged so that the long-space-section side wall is located adjacent to a backrest of the seat in the rear seat row, the wide-space-section side wall is located in the location of the removed seat, the first side wall faces the latitudinal aisle, and the front wall faces the longitudinal aisle.