Lavatory with stowage compartment
View Patent ↗An aircraft lavatory comprising an enclosure having a door, a first side wall, a rear wall, a ceiling, and a second side wall, wherein the second side wall includes a sink, the second side wall defining a plane and wherein the sink is inwardly disposed from said plane. To create space for a stowage compartment, an additional side wall parallel to, and adjacent to, said second side wall is formed. This space houses a stowage compartment accessible from outside said lavatory, the stowage compartment formed between said second side wall and said additional wall.
1. An aircraft lavatory with a stowage compartment, comprising:
an enclosure having a door, a first side wall, a rear wall, a ceiling, and a second side wall, wherein the second side wall includes a sink, the second side wall defining a plane and wherein the sink is inwardly disposed from said plane with respect to said first side wall;
an additional side wall parallel to, and adjacent to, and outwardly disposed from said second side wall and said sink with respect to said first side wall, creating a space therebetween; and
a stowage compartment accessible only from outside said lavatory, the stowage compartment formed between said second side wall and said additional wall.
2. The aircraft lavatory with a stowage compartment of claim 1 , wherein said stowage compartment includes locking means.
3. The aircraft lavatory with a stowage compartment of claim 1 , wherein said stowage compartment comprises a slide out drawer.
4. The aircraft lavatory with a stowage compartment of claim 1 , wherein the additional side wall is part of a second lavatory.
5. The aircraft lavatory with a stowage compartment of claim 4 , wherein a second lavatory's wall is substantially not flat in a vertical plane.