Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft lavatory systems
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Application No.: US17339428Application Date: 2021-06-04
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Publication No.: US11958606B2Publication Date: 2024-04-16
- Inventor: Timothy Vermeulen
- Applicant: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
- Applicant Address: US NC Winston Salem
- Assignee: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
- Current Assignee: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Winston Salem
- Agency: SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.
- Main IPC: B64D11/00
- IPC: B64D11/00 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06Q10/02

Abstract:
A queue system for a lavatory of an aircraft can include an infotainment system configured to receive a user input and to output a request to use the lavatory associated with a seat or occupant, and a queue module operatively connected to the infotainment system. The queue module can be configured to receive the request from the infotainment system and to create and/or modify a virtual lavatory queue based on a request hierarchy of the request to position the request in the virtual lavatory queue, and output a vacancy indicator signal to the infotainment system when the request is at a front of the virtual lavatory queue. The infotainment system can be configured to receive the vacancy indicator signal and display an indication to indicate to a user of the infotainment system that it is the user's turn in the queue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210380252A1 AIRCRAFT LAVATORY SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
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