Patent ID: 7883055

Claim:
A baggage rack for an aircraft cabin, the rack comprising: a compartment having a lower outer face, an upper face, an open face arranged between the lower outer face and the upper face and allowing access to the compartment for depositing and removal of at least a baggage, and a back positioned opposite to the open face of the compartment, wherein said rack is pivotably mounted around an axis of pivoting and pivots around said axis between an open position in which the open face of the compartment is accessible from the aircraft cabin and in which a rear portion of the lower outer face is concealed by a wall of the aircraft cabin, and a closed position in which the open face of the compartment is inaccessible from the aircraft cabin and in which the rear portion of the lower outer face is not concealed by the wall of the aircraft cabin, wherein said rear portion of the lower outer face has a cylindrical form comprising generatrices substantially parallel to the axis of pivoting of the rack, and wherein a distance from the axis of pivoting to the generatrices continuously increases from an intersection of the lower outer face and the back of the compartment to the open face of the compartment.