Patent ID: 6530330
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: A47B,B32B

Abstract:
An aircraft comprising:an aircraft cabin; and a lightweight aircraft table top member within the aircraft cabin, the aircraft table top member having first and second opposite end margins, the table top member comprising: first and second skin panels of sheet material, each skin panel extending longitudinally from the first end margin to the second end margin; and a honeycomb core between the first and second skin panels and bonded thereto, the core extending longitudinally from the first end margin to the second end margin and having a cellular structure with each of a plurality of cells thereof extending from the first skin panel to the second skin panel, each of the plurality of cells having a first cell end in contact with the first skin panel and a second cell end in contact with the second skin panel, each of the plurality of cells having a cell length equal to the distance between its first and second cell ends, the cell lengths of some of the plurality of cells being at least 150% as long as those of some others of the plurality of cells.