Patent ID: 7377467

Claim:
An aircraft luggage locker compartment disposed under a seat having a seat cushion adapted to pivot about a horizontal axis, said aircraft luggage locker compartment comprising: a housing comprising a frame structure having opposing side panels, a front panel therebetween and a top panel having an opening therein, said housing being complimentary with said seat; a rack mounted in said frame structure, said rack comprising: a back wall; opposed sidewalls attached to said back wall; a bottom wall disposed between said opposed sidewalls and attached to said back wall; and an opening at an end opposite said back wall; and means for pivoting and simultaneously translating said rack within said frame structure between a first lying down position in which said back wall extends in an upward direction, said bottom wall is transverse to said back wall, and said opening is facing said front panel of said frame structure, and a second inclined upright position in which said bottom wall is inclined in a direction toward the horizontal and said opening of said rack is in an inclined upright position aligned with said opening in said top panel of said framed structure, whereby luggage may be placed through said opening in said top panel of said frame structure and said opening in said end opposite to said back wall of said rack into said rack by an airline passenger when said rack is in said second inclined upright position and thereafter said rack may be pivoted and translated to said first lying down position whereby said luggage faces said front panel of said frame structure such that said luggage cannot slide forward out of said rack while said passenger is in said aircraft.