Patent ID: 8888043

Claim:
A crew bunk system, comprising: a bunk frame assembly including a spaced pair of side walls; at least two vertically spaced crew berths, each one of the crew berths having a lengthwise hinge line dividing the crew berth into a stationary panel and a foldable panel, the stationary panel being fixedly coupled to the bunk frame assembly, the foldable panel being hingedly coupled to the stationary panel along the hinge line; at least one connecting member interconnecting the foldable panels such that the foldable panels pivot in unison between a deployed position and a stowed position; a pivoting brace supporting an end of a foldable panel and having a pivotable end pivotably coupled to a side wall and a slidable end coupled to a slider bracket slidable along the end of the foldable panel during movement between the deployed and stowed position; a latching mechanism configured to lock the foldable panels in the deployed position and in the stowed position, the latching mechanism including: a latch lever; at least one connecting rod coupling the latch lever to a translatable pin mounted to the end of the foldable panel; and the latching mechanism being configured in a manner such that movement of the latch lever causes axial movement of the translatable pin and engagement thereof with the slider bracket to lock the foldable panel in the deployed position.