Patent ID: 9555889
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B64D

Claim:
1. A crew rest area on board of a vehicle, the area comprising: a compartment having an opening providing access to the compartment, the opening having a lower edge, and the compartment having a plurality of magnetic opening elements positioned along the lower edge of the opening; and a curtain configured to be drawn to a closed position, in which the curtain covers the opening, the curtain further configured to be drawn to a retracted position, the curtain having a lower edge, the curtain comprising a plurality of magnetic curtain elements provided along the lower edge of the curtain, and the curtain comprising a plurality of vertically oriented alternating folds creating a plurality of vertical curtain portions wherein each of the plurality of vertical curtain portions comprises one or more of said plurality of magnetic curtain elements, in the closed position, the plurality of magnetic opening elements and plurality of magnetic curtain elements are arranged to attract each other, and in the retracted position, the plurality of magnetic curtain elements are arranged so that polarities are alternately oriented from the one or more magnetic curtain elements in one of said plurality of vertical curtain portions to a neighboring one or more magnetic curtain elements in a neighboring vertical curtain portion.