Patent ID: 7469860

Claim:
An architectural archway for an aircraft having an elongated fuselage with an upper crown portion, a floor member an inner wall member extending from the floor member about the upper crown portion and a lower lobe portion, said archway comprising an inverted arcuate structure extending along the inside surface of the aircraft and arranged substantially perpendicular to the length direction of the fuselage and having two spaced apart end members, said structure adapted to fit 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 said archway has a cross-sectional shape which is a member selected from the group consisting of V-shape, U-shape and semi-circular shape and forming an integral conduit along the length of said archway, wherein said aircraft has a plurality of support system components positioned in said upper crown portion and said lower lobe portion, and wherein said archway has a hollow interior forming an inner open space for enclosure of and for placement and passage of at least a portion of said support system components between said upper crown portion and said lower lobe portion, said support system components being positioned in the inner open space of said archway said inverted arcuate structure extending inwardly from the wall member, said two spaced apart end members having openings to receive said support system components from the lower lobe portion.