Patent ID: 7681951

Claim:
Passenger compartment for a vehicle, with the compartment comprising: a first placement space that comprises a first accommodation unit, a second placement space that comprises a second accommodation unit, wherein the two placement spaces are arranged in one placement plane so as to face each other, a third placement space that comprises a third accommodation unit, a fourth placement space that comprises a fourth accommodation unit, a delimiting element that is arranged laterally beside the first placement space and the second placement space and that extends so as to be perpendicular in relation to the placement plane, and a first couchette element, that is designed and affixed to the delimiting element such that a passenger can be accommodated who is in a position lying down above the first placement space and the second placement space, a second couchette element, that is designed and affixable to the delimiting element such that a further passenger can be accommodated who is also in a position lying down above the first placement space and the second placement space wherein the individual accommodation units are of a modular design dimensional to fit through an access door, so that a simple exchange of accommodation units for other accommodation units is possible; wherein the third placement space is arranged beside the first placement space, and the fourth placement space is arranged beside the second placement space so that the first accommodation unit and the third accommodation unit as well as the second accommodation unit and the fourth accommodation unit are arranged so as to face each other; wherein the first accommodation unit is a first seat, and the second accommodation unit is a second seat, and the first seat and the second seat can be changed between a sitting position and an essentially horizontal resting position such that provided the two seats are in their sitting position, the first seat and the second seat can each accommodate a passenger who is in a sitting position, and provided the two seats are in their essentially horizontal resting positions, the first seat and the second seat together can accommodate one passenger who is in a position lying down wherein the fourth accommodation unit is a combination of a cabinet and access steps, the cabinet extending from a cabin floor to a cabin ceiling, and the access steps facing towards the third placement space.