Patent ID: 8096502
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
1. A private passenger compartment for a passenger during an aircraft flight, the private passenger compartment comprising: a plurality of compartment walls that are at least 1.5 m high and define a compartment space, a doorway in one of the walls that enables access to the compartment from an aisle, a chair that is useable by a passenger during take off and landing of the aircraft and is disposed in one portion of the compartment space, a bed, said bed being moveable from a raised horizontally disposed storage position to a lowered horizontally disposed sleep position within the compartment space, and a work desk, a table assembly, a seat, and a visual display system of an entertainment system located in the compartment space, wherein said work desk, table assembly, and seat comprise furniture that are structurally interactive such that the furniture can be selectively arranged in a number of different configurations adapted for relaxation, work, and sleep, wherein said bed is positioned in the storage position when the furniture is arranged in the relaxation and work configurations and in the sleep position when the furniture is arranged in the sleep configuration, wherein an interactive combination of the furniture in the compartment space comprises: at least one of (1) the seat adjacent a wall opposite the chair when the chair is in a take-off and landing position, and (2) the work desk adjacent a side wall opposite the wall that defines the doorway, wherein the table assembly is movable between a stored position adjacent the side wall and an operative position with a table of the table assembly extending horizontally in a space between the chair and the seat, and the bed is movable between a raised horizontally disposed storage position and a lowered sleep position disposed horizontally on and supported by the work desk, wherein at least one of the work desk and the table assembly are located adjacent the side wall, wherein at least a part of the work desk and the table assembly is adaptable to define a support platform for the bed and supports the bed when the bed is in the sleep position, and wherein the bed is stored in the raised position in the compartment space and is moveable down to the lowered sleep position on the support platform and is supported by the support platform in the lowered position.