Patent ID: 8662444

Claim:
A monument for a cabin of a vehicle, comprising: a first housing part with a floor side and a connection side; a second housing part with a floor side and a connection side; and at least one first covering element; wherein the first housing part is equipped to be attached by the floor side to a floor of the cabin, wherein for sliding one of the first housing part and the second housing part into the other housing part an outer cross-section of the connection side of one of the first housing part and the second housing part is dimensioned so as to be smaller than an opening cross-section of the connection side of the other housing part, and the first housing part and the second housing part form a housing, the housing including a flexible floor having a width extending in a direction along the outer cross-section of the first housing part and a length that extends between the first housing part and the second housing part and at least one of the first housing part and the second housing part includes a receiving device that stows and releases an excess floor length, wherein at least one of the first housing part and the second housing part comprises a lock configured to fasten the second housing part in a first relative position and in a second relative position to the first housing part, and wherein the at least one first covering element is arranged on the first housing part or the second housing part for covering a gap between the connection side of the first housing part and of the second housing part in the second relative position.