Patent ID: 7600716

Claim:
A reinforced door for an aircraft, comprising: a frame comprised of a plurality of components, the frame including a plurality of openings extending completely through the frame; a plurality of panels configured to be positioned within the openings of the frame, and, when the panels are in an installed position, at least a first edge and a second edge, which is opposite to the first edge, of each of the plurality of panels contact the components of the frame such that the frame and the plurality of panels form a solid structure without any of the openings extending completely through the structure, and the panels are configured to be released to an uninstalled position such that, when the panels are in the uninstalled position, each of the plurality of panels is not positioned within the openings of the frame such that the openings extend completely through the structure; and a plurality of harnesses, linking a majority of the components, and the plurality of harnesses are positioned on the components to reinforce the frame without contacting the plurality of panels in the installed position, wherein each of the plurality of harnesses is directly attached to at least one other harness of the plurality of harnesses, and wherein each of the plurality of harnesses is completely overlapped by the components of the frame in a transverse direction of the reinforced door such that the plurality of harnesses do not extend outside of the components in the transverse direction.