Patent ID: 8672266
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: B60R,B61D,B64D

Abstract:
1. An overhead bin attached to an aircraft for both-sided use in a passenger cabin of the aircraft, comprising: first and second sidewalls; a first self-contained baggage compartment having a first volume defined between and delimited by the first and second sidewalls; a second self-contained baggage compartment having a second volume defined between and delimited by the first and second sidewalls; a first opening positioned on a first side of the overhead bin for loading items into the first baggage compartment and defined between and delimited by the first and second sidewalls; a second opening positioned on a second side of the overhead bin for loading items into the second baggage compartment and defined between and delimited by the first and second sidewalls; and a partition for dividing the first baggage compartment from the second baggage compartment, the partition arranged between the first and second sidewalls; wherein the first opening and the second opening are positioned on opposite sides of the partition; and wherein the first baggage compartment and the second baggage compartment differ from each other in their volumes and comprise opposite loading directions relative to the overhead bin.