Patent ID: 7389959

Claim:
A method for providing individuals of a mobile platform private retiring quarters, said method comprising: forming a plurality of independent privacy modules located longitudinally spaced apart, above a passenger cabin, in an overhead crown area of the mobile platform; forming each said independent privacy module to include at least one private berth in which an individual can privately repose away from the passenger cabin; forming a separate independent access from the passenger cabin to each said independent privacy module via a plurality of independent access stairways, each access stairway providing access to an independent one of the privacy modules via an aperture in a floor platform of the respective privacy module; forming at least emergency gateway within each said privacy module to allow an individual residing in any given one of the privacy modules to exit said given one of the privacy modules and enter a longitudinally adjacent one of said privacy modules without entering said passenger cabin; and physically associating each said independent privacy module with at least one specific seat in the passenger cabin.