Patent ID: 8794569

Claim:
An accessible storage, rest, or work accommodation for an aircraft having a passenger cabin with a ceiling and a crown space above the ceiling, comprising: a compartment in the crown space having at least one bunk or seat, and having a continuous outer compartment wall positioned above and encompassing a landing enclosure, wherein the continuous outer compartment wall comprises a substantially plus-shaped footprint defining forward, aft, left, and right bunk enclosures; and the landing enclosure positioned adjacent to the at least one bunk or seat of the compartment, the landing enclosure comprising a landing floor positioned below the ceiling of the passenger cabin at a position centered transversely in the aircraft, and at least three vertical walls, each vertical wall having a lower edge abutting the landing floor and an upper edge opposite the lower edge that is positioned above the ceiling of the passenger cabin at the position centered transversely in the aircraft, wherein the upper edge of at least one vertical wall is positioned adjacent to the at least one bunk or seat of the compartment.