Patent ID: 7455263

Claim:
An airplane having an elongated fuselage and at least one passenger cabin in the fuselage with a floor member, a pair of side wall members, a ceiling system having a curved arch-type configuration extending between the sidewall members, a plurality of outboard storage bins positioned in the ceiling system generally at the intersection of the sidewall members and the ceiling system, and a plurality of inboard storage bins, wherein the ceiling system comprises: outboard convex panel members extending from the side wall members to the outboard storage bins; inboard concave panel members extending from the outboard storage bins and following the curvature of the fuselage to a central location to form the arch-type configuration; and a central panel assembly extending below the inboard concave panel members, extending substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage, and extending across the passenger cabin from the intersection of the inboard concave panel members and the outboard storage bins on one side of the passenger cabin to the intersection of the inboard concave panel members and the outboard storage bins on the other side of the passenger cabin; said central panel assembly having a convex central section and two outer concave sections, the plurality of inboard storage bins being positioned in the convex central section of the central panel assembly.