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Repacking the Aircraft Cabin: 8 Airbus Patents That Make Space Do Double Duty

A saddle-like seat, helmet headrest, door-mounted crew seat, stacked sleeping boxes, a stairway deployed only when needed, a seat split between wall and floor, a modular lavatory and a folding flight-deck seat that can take on other jobs: eight Airbus patent drawings that repeatedly repack the same limited cabin volume.

8 FIG. · 10/6/2026