Patent ID: 6874731
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An aircraft system, comprising: a fuselage having a sidewall portion; an outboard bin support coupled to the fuselage at a fixed position relative to the sidewall portion; a center bin support coupled to the fuselage inboard of the outboard bin support and at a fixed position relative to the sidewall portion; a first stowage bin connectable to each of the outboard bin support and the center bin support, the first stowage bin having a first storage capacity; a second stowage bin connectable to each of the outboard bin support and the center bin support, the second stowage bin having a second storage capacity different than the first storage capacity; the first and second stowage bins being configurable in first and second configurations, the first and second stowage bins in the first configuration being laterally spaced apart from each other to define a first overhead aisle therebetween, with the first stowage bin being connected to the outboard bin support, and the second stowage bin being connected to the center bin support, the first overhead aisle having a first outboard edge portion and a first inboard edge portion laterally spaced apart from one of the sidewall portions of the fuselage; and the first and second stowage bin in the second configuration being laterally spaced apart from each other to define a second overhead aisle therebetween, with the first stowage bin being connected to the center bin support and the second stowage bin being connected to the outboard bin support, the second overhead aisle having a second outboard edge portion and a second inboard edge portion spaced apart from the sidewall portion, the position of the second inboard edge portion being shifted laterally relatively to the position of the first inboard edge portion of the first overhead aisle and the position of the second outboard edge portion being shifted laterally in the same direction as the second inboard edge portion relative to the position of the first outboard edge portion of the first overhead aisle.