Patent ID: 9284054
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B64D

Claim Text:
1. A device on an aircraft for stowage of carts in a space including a floor, the device comprising: a plurality of service carts; a first compartment configured to receive the plurality of carts arranged side by side in a horizontal direction; a second compartment configured to receive a plurality of carts arranged side by side in a horizontal direction, and including an opening in a vertical wall of the compartment, the opening having a width in the horizontal direction sufficient to allow simultaneous entry and exit into and from the second compartment of the plurality of carts arranged side by side in the horizontal direction, wherein the second compartment is arranged above the first compartment; a platform substantially parallel to the floor and configured to move along a direction substantially perpendicular to the floor from a high position in which the platform is substantially at a horizontal lower wall of the second compartment, the platform being located outside the second compartment and facing the opening thereof, and a low position in which the platform is substantially at the floor; and means for transfer of the plurality of carts arranged in the second compartment from the second compartment to the platform and vice versa, wherein the platform has a width in the horizontal direction substantially equal to that of the opening of the second compartment.