Patent ID: 9611028
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B64C

Claim:
1. A pressure relief panel guard for use with a pressure relief ceiling panel having a perimeter and positioned in an aircraft cargo bay ceiling, comprising: a mounting structure attachable to the cargo bay ceiling, the mounting structure having a mounting portion and a guard support portion, the mounting structure being configured such that when attached to the cargo bay ceiling at the pressure relief ceiling panel the mounting structure does not overlap the pressure relief ceiling panel or otherwise restrict operational access to the pressure relief ceiling panel from below; and a guard structure releasably supported by the guard support portion of the mounting structure, the guard structure having a perimeter wall and a central opening between the perimeter wall sized such that when supported by the guard support portion of the mounting structure at the pressure relief ceiling panel the pressure relief ceiling panel is vertically aligned with the central opening with the perimeter wall extending about the perimeter of the pressure relief ceiling panel and the perimeter wall does not overlap the pressure relief ceiling panel or otherwise restrict operational access to the pressure relief ceiling panel from below, the perimeter wall projecting downward away from the aircraft cargo bay ceiling and terminating below the pressure relief ceiling panel.