Patent ID: 7516919

Claim:
An architectural archways for an aircraft having an elongated fuselage for carrying passengers in a passenger portion, said fuselage having an upper crown portion, a floor member and a lower lobe portion in said passenger portion and at least one door member in said passenger portion, each archway comprising an inverted arcuate structure arranged substantially perpendicular to the length direction of the fuselage and having two spaced apart end members, said structure positioned inside the fuselage and be positioned on the floor member with said end members positioned on the floor member on opposite sides of the fuselage, wherein a pair of said archways are positioned closely adjacent to each other in said passenger portion and frame said door member, said structure having a shaped cross-section, wherein said structure is continuously hollow and encircles run system components without interruption between said upper crown portion and said lower lobe portion, the system components comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of electrical wires, water lines and conditioned air ducts.