Device for intercepting and retaining of cargo in a transport cabin

[54] DEVICE FOR INTERCEPTING AND

RETAINING OF CARGO IN A TRANSPORT
CABIN

[75] Inventor: Mohammad Hararat-Tehrani,

Bremen, Fed. Rep. of Germany

[73] Assignee: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-BIohm GmbH, Munich, Fed. Rep. of Germany

[21] Appl. No.: 390,622

[22] Filed: Aug. 7,1989

[30] Foreign Application Priority Data

Aug. 11, 1988 [DE] Fed. Rep. of Germany 3827278

[51] Int. CI.5 B64D 1/10

[52] U.S. CI 244/118.1; 410/118;

410/129; 410/154; 244/121

[58] Field of Search 244/118.1, 118.5, 119,

244/121; 410/118, 122, 123, 129, 130, 154;

188/374

[56] References Cited

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

2,196,470 4/1940 Montgomery 410/154

2,601,935 2/1952 Auch 410/123

2,669,402 2/1954 Del Mar 410/118

2,894,462 7/1959 Newcomer et al 410/122

3,308,908 3/1967 Bunn 188/374

3,336,069 8/1967 Bayetal 410/118

3,354,839 11/1967 Lich et al 410/129

3,779,173 12/1973 Pierce 410/122

4,185,799 1/1980 Richards 410/130

4,780,034 10/1988 Skotte 410/129

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

237262 9/1960 Australia 410/118

2649991 5/1978 Fed. Rep. of Germany .
2913050 10/1980 Fed. Rep. of Germany .

Primary Examiner—Galen Barefoot

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—W. G. Fasse; D. H. Kane, Jr.

[57] ABSTRACT

A device for intercepting and retaining of cargo that may have become loose in a transport or baggage compartment or cabin of an aircraft, is located between a freight compartment and a passenger compartment of an aircraft. The device forms an additional protective screen or wall connected to a mounting structure by connection flanges, e.g. the air frame or cabin structures such as the floor and ceiling. The protective screen has at least two wall sections arranged one behind the other with a spacing between the wall sections. The wall sections are joined to each other by energy absorbing elements inserted in the spacing to form a composite, laminated structure. Each wall section has an external covering. The passenger cabin facing wall section may have a decorated surface. The baggage compartment facing wall has a tough material covering to take up impacts, when a piece of cargo should hit the wall surface.

10 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets