Arrangement for increased passengers utilization in mobile units
Patent 4854245 Issued on August 8, 1989. Estimated Expiration Date: 
November 18, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
November 18, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 21436 97031 242801 716854 2156229 2632183 2778320 2963988 2983230 Fixture for passenger railway car compartment Patent #: 4179996 InventorApplicationNo. 07/122137 filed on 11/18/1987US Classes:105/317, Vertically movable105/340, Double deck105/345SeatsExaminersPrimary: Bertsch, Richard A.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesB61D 1/06 (20060101)B61D 1/00 (20060101) B62D 31/04 (20060101) B62D 31/00 (20060101) B60P 3/32 (20060101) B60P 3/36 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1986-12-30 SEAbstractThis invention relates to an arrangement permitting passengers in mobile units, such as coaches or trains, to stay both by day and by night in a lower and an upper one of two superposed passenger accommodations (1a, 1b) that are formed by one passenger accommodation (1) being converted into the two superposed passenger accommodations (1a, 1b) by the lowering of a ceiling element (33) which is arranged in a raisable and lowerable fashion in the passenger accommodation (1). To permit enhanced utilization of both the lower and the upper passenger accommodations (1a, 1b) by day as well as by night, the ceiling element (33) comprises at least one seat (36-39) which is convertible into at least one berth. | |
