Patent ID: 7954761
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: A47B,B64D

Abstract:
1. A modular integrated galley in a passenger vehicle, comprising: a mounting rack in the form of a vertical wall defining a plurality of spaces for receiving a plurality of modules, each of the spaces having at least one of a mounting point for receiving a module fastener and a utility connection; a plurality of individual galley modules each having a box-like outer shell, each of the galley modules adapted to be mounted on and removed from the mounting rack independently of other modules and received within one of the spaces, at least two of the galley modules having a different configuration, and each of the galley modules having a rib carried on one exterior corner of its outer shell and projecting in a direction outward from the sides of the shell; and at least one connecting rail positioned generally centered between adjacent corners of adjacent galley modules configured to interconnect adjacent galley modules, each of the connecting rails having a disk shape including equally spaced-apart slots defined therein around its outer periphery, each slot configured to receive a single rib of a galley module, and wherein each connecting rail does not receive more than one rib from the same galley module.