Patent ID: 8226031

Claim:
A baggage compartment for an aircraft cabin, comprising: a baggage section having an open face allowing access to the baggage section for inserting a baggage inside said baggage section and for removing said baggage from the baggage section, a lower face for supporting said baggage while said baggage is inside said baggage section, as well as a back opposite the open face of the baggage section, said baggage section being mounted so as to pivot around a fixed pivot axis between an open position in which the open face of the baggage section is accessible, and a closed position in which the open face of the section is retracted, said fixed pivot axis extending through the baggage section, a pivoting door pivotably mounted so that said pivoting door forms a barrier preventing access to the open face of the baggage section when the baggage section is in said closed position and allows a free access to said open face when the baggage section is in said open position, and a connection mechanism that connects the pivoting door and the baggage section so that a pivoting movement of the baggage section brings about a pivoting of the door and/or vice versa.