Patent ID: 6293016
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: B64D,F41A,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of securing an end portion of an aircraft armament support plank to a floor section of an aircraft cabin area, said floor section having a structural beam member underlying a removable floor panel, said method comprising the steps of:removing said floor panel to expose a portion of the underlying structural beam member through a floor opening previously covered by said floor panel;reinforcing said portion of said structural beam member;removing a portion of the removed floor panel;reattaching the remaining portion of the removed floor panel to said floor section over a portion of said floor opening;securing a plank mounting panel having a top side to said floor section over the portion of said floor opening left uncovered by the reattached remaining portion of the removed floor panel in a manner such that a portion of said plank mounting panel rests on the reinforced structural beam member portion, said plank mounting panel having at least one mounting member carried on the top side thereof; andattaching said end portion Of said aircraft armament support plank to said at least one mounting member with said support plank end portion overlying said plank mounting panel,whereby vertical loads imposed on said support plank end portion are transferred to said reinforced beam portion through said plank mounting panel.