Locking side pull hoist ring assembly
| DWPI Title: Apparatus for providing secure storage volume within aircraft passenger compartment, has rotational shaft that is coupled to rotational lever and is operative to disengage locking mechanism when lever is rotated in upward and downward directions |
| Abstract: An assembly for rotating a workpiece including a locking side pull hoist ring removably attachable to a side surface of the workpiece. The locking side pull hoist ring comprises a load bearing structure, a rotation mechanism attached to the side surface of the workpiece that rotates about a rotation axis extending through the rotation mechanism, a locking mechanism configured to transition between a locked state and an unlocked state, and a support member connecting the load bearing structure and the rotation mechanism. The support member rotatably supports the rotation mechanism for rotation about the rotation axis and rotatably supports the load bearing structure for rotation about a second axis. In the locked state, the locking mechanism prevents rotation of the rotation mechanism by securing the rotation mechanism to the support member. |
| Use: Apparatus for providing a secure storage volume within an aircraft passenger compartment. |
| Advantage: The aircraft occupants are enabled to utilize the maximum amount of storage space within the aircraft while still providing convenient access and secure storage of items during aircraft operation. |
| Novelty: The apparatus has a lower portion (220) including a bottom and a set of sides, where the bottom and the sides define a storage volume. An upper portion is rotationally coupled to one of the sides. A locking gas strut is coupled between the upper portion and the lower portion having a locking mechanism. A rotational shaft (235) is coupled to a rotational lever, where the rotational shaft is operative to disengage the locking mechanism when the rotational lever is rotated in an upward direction and a downward direction. The upper portion encloses the storage volume when the portion is positioned in a closed position. |
| Filed: 7/15/2020 |
| Application Number: US16929852A |
| Tech ID: SD 15251.0 |
| This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |
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