Assembly and method for stowing away and removing a survival kit in a passenger cabin of an aircraft
View Patent ↗An assembly for stowing away and removing a survival kit in a passenger cabin of an aircraft, includes a first stowage compartment configured to be put in place in a floor of the passenger cabin. The first stowage compartment is equipped for completely accommodating the survival kit and for leading out a hook that is connected to the survival kit by way of a strap. The hook is used for hooking the survival kit to an attachment device of a rescue device with the first stowage compartment remaining closed.
1. An assembly for stowing away and removing a survival kit in a passenger cabin of an aircraft, comprising:
a first stowage compartment put in place in a floor of the passenger cabin;
a survival kit;
a strap connected at a first end thereof to said survival kit; and
a hook connected to a second end of said strap,
wherein the first stowage compartment is configured to accommodate the survival kit and is adapted for leading out the strap, and
wherein said hook is configured for attaching the survival kit to an attachment device of a rescue device, with the first stowage compartment remaining closed.
2. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a second stowage compartment adjacent to the first stowage compartment and configured to be put in place in the floor, wherein the second stowage compartment is configured to accommodate the hook.
3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first stowage compartment and the second stowage compartment comprise a first closure flap and a second closure flap, respectively.
4. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein at least one of the first and second closure flaps can be closed so as to be flush with the floor surface.
5. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the first stowage compartment comprises a hingeable lever which is held so as to be hingeable on a rotary axis that is shared with the first closure flap of the first stowage compartment.
6. The assembly of claim 5 , wherein the lever comprises a tie-down element spaced apart from the rotary axis, with one end of a linear-shaped attachment device being attachable to the tie-down element, and with the other end of the tie-down element being connectable to a securing device that is configured to releasably lock down the second closure flap of the second stowage compartment with a structural component of the floor.
7. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the linear-shaped attachment device is configured, when the lever is completely within the first stowage compartment, to position the securing device in a lock-down position.
8. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the linear-shaped attachment device is configured as a wire, a cord, or a chain.
9. The assembly of claim 5 , wherein the first closure flap comprises a clip-like connecting element for removably connecting the lever to the first closure flap of the first stowage compartment.
10. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a rescue device, wherein the rescue device comprises a life-boat, a slide or a raft.
11. An aircraft comprising:
a rescue device comprising an attachment device; and
an assembly for stowing away and removing a survival kit in a passenger cabin of the aircraft, comprising:
a first stowage compartment put in place in a floor of the passenger cabin;
a survival kit;
a strap connected at a first end thereof to said survival kit; and
a hook connected to a second end of said strap,
wherein the first stowage compartment is configured to accommodate the survival kit and is adapted for leading out the strap, and
wherein said hook is configured for attaching the survival kit to the attachment device of the rescue device, with the first stowage compartment remaining closed.