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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2014
Zodiac Aircatering Equipment Europe B.v., Alkmaar, NL;
Jochem Floris Wartena, Utrecht, NL;
Tom Schreuder, Wassenaar, NL;
Zodiac Aircatering Equipment Europe B.V., Alkmaar, NL;
Abstract
An area on board of a vehicle, in particular of an airplane. The area has a compartment and an opening providing access to the compartment. The area includes a curtain arranged to be drawn in a closed position in which the curtain covers the opening. The curtain includes at least one magnetic curtain element provided along a lower edge of the curtain, and the area includes at least one magnetic opening element positioned along a lower edge of the opening, which at least one magnetic opening element and at least one magnetic curtain element are arranged to attract each other when the curtain is in the closed position.