Patent ID: 6991276

Claim:
A luggage loft assembly for supporting articles for overhead storage in a mass transit vehicle, the assembly comprising: an inner shell including: a shelf panel supportable in a generally horizontal attitude and a longitudinal orientation in a cornice area of a mass transit vehicle, and a back wall that extends integrally upward from an outboard edge of the shelf panel to a back wall upper edge configured to connect to a supporting structure in a vehicle interior; an outer shell having an inboard edge connected to an inboard edge of the inner shell and having an outboard edge connectable to a supporting structure in a vehicle interior, the outer shell being configured to define a portion of a longitudinal cavity bounded by the outer shell, a wall, and a ceiling of a vehicle; at least two stanchions, each having a lower end connected to the inboard edge of at least one of the inner and outer shells and each having an upper end connectable to a supporting structure in a vehicle interior; and the outer shell comprises an elongated inboard channel connected to the stanchions and an elongated outboard channel connectable to a supporting structure in a vehicle interior, the inboard channel having an outboard edge connected to an inboard edge of the outboard channel.