Patent ID: 7156345

Claim:
A method of reconfiguring an interior of an aircraft fuselage, comprising: removing first stowage bin modules in a first configuration from a first bin support coupled to the aircraft fuselage, the first stowage bin modules having a first storage capacity; removing second stowage bin modules in a second configuration from a second bin support coupled to the aircraft fuselage, the second stowage bin modules having a second capacity different than the first capacity, the second stowage bin modules in the first configuration being laterally apart from the first stowage bin modules, a first overhead aisle positioned between the first and second stowage bin modules, the first overhead aisle having first opposing edge portions; attaching a plurality of first stowage bin modules to the second bin support in a second configuration; and attaching the plurality of second stowage bin modules to the first bin support in the second configuration, the second stowage bin modules being spaced laterally apart from the plurality of the first stowage bin modules, a second overhead aisle being positioned between the first and second stowage bin modules, the second overhead aisle having a second opposing edge portions shifted laterally in the same direction relative to the position of the first opposing edge portions of the first overhead aisle in the first configuration.