Patent ID: 7448574

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 with 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, said structure inwardly extending from the inner wall member, wherein said structure is hollow, comprises at least one integral passageway, and is adapted to run system components between said upper crown portion and said lower lobe portion through said passageway, the system components comprising electrical wires, water lines and conditioned air ducts said two spaced apart end members having openings to receive said system components from the lower lobe portions.