Patent ID: 9145208
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A47B,B64D

Abstract:
1. A modular integrated galley in a passenger vehicle, comprising: a mounting rack in the form of a vertical wall, that is at all times non-movable, including upper, middle, and lower storage areas, each of the storage areas accessible only on a single side of the fixed vertical wall, the lower storage area defining a plurality of storage bays for receiving a plurality of galley carts, each of the storage bays being enclosed by a door with peripheral sealing surfaces cooperating with complementary sealing surfaces on peripheral sealing surfaces of the storage bays for effecting a seal when the door is closed; an elongate hinge extending vertically along a mounted edge of the doors and adapted for allowing the door to move 180 degrees of travel between its closed and open positions, wherein, when the door is in its open position, the hinge is adapted to permit the door to be in flush relation to a galley wall which is parallel to the peripheral sealing surfaces of the storage bays; and a deployable work table stowed within a horizontal slot positioned between the lower and middle storage bays, the work table horizontally ejectable in a direction of the front of the aircraft galley wall unit by way of a latch movable between a first position for unlocking the work table to allow ejection and a second position for partially ejecting the work table from the horizontal slot.