1. An equipping system for equipping an aircraft galley comprising a box, which is accommodatable in the aircraft galley to be equipped, as well as a transport cart for equipping the aircraft galley, comprising:
a base element, which has a bottom surface and a loading surface opposite of the bottom surface,
a plurality of wheels fastened to the bottom surface of the base element,
a handle attached to the base element, and
a securing mechanism adapted to prevent the box from sliding off the transport cart while it is being transported on the transport cart, the handle being so shaped and attached in such a position to the base element that the base element of the transport cart, in the unloaded state of the transport cart, is stackable onto a base element of a further transport cart.
2. An equipping system according to claim 1, characterized in that the handle comprises a first strut, which extends from a first lateral surface of the base element, as well as a second strut, which extends from a second, lateral surface of the base element which is disposed opposite to the first lateral surface of the base element.
3. An equipping system according to claim 2, characterized in that at least one of the first and the second strut of the handle extends from the lateral surfaces of the base element at an angle of ca. 35\xb0 to ca. 80\xb0 relative to the loading surface of the base element the at least one of the first and the second strut of the handle is fastened, in relation to a longitudinal axis of the transport cart, in a central region of the base element to the base element.
4. An equipping system according to claim 2, characterized in that the handle comprises a substantially U-shaped connection element, which is connected to the free ends of the first and second struts that extend from the lateral surfaces of the base element.
5. An equipping system according to claim 1, characterized in that the handle is at least one of an integral construction, removably attached to the base element and pivotably attached to the base element.
6. An equipping system according to claim 1, characterized in that the base element in the region of its loading surface is provided with a first guide device that is adapted to come into engagement with a complementary second guide device formed on the box and that is further adapted, when it is situated in engagement with the complementary second guide device formed on the box, to secure the box, while it is being transported on the transport cart, against displacement on the transport cart in a direction at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the transport cart.
7. An equipping system according to claim 6, characterized in that the first guide device and the complementary second guide device formed on the box form a tongue-and-groove joint.
8. An equipping system according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the loading surface of the base element and the first guide device is disposed in a position on the transport cart that is adapted in such a way to a position of an arrangement in the aircraft galley for receiving the box provided for transport on the transport cart that the box accommodated on the transport cart may be loaded from the transport cart into the aircraft galley substantially by virtue of a horizontal displacement.
9. An equipping system according to claim 6, characterized in that the loading surface of the base element has a raised step, on the surface of which the first guide device is disposed.
10. An equipping system according to claim 1, characterized in that a plurality of rollers are disposed in the region of the loading surface of the base element.
11. An equipping system according to claim 10, characterized in that the rollers are fastened rotatably to lateral surfaces of the step formed in the region of the loading surface of the base element.
12. An equipping system according to claim 1, characterized in that a blocking device for blocking the wheels comprises a plurality of actuating devices.
13. An equipping system according to claim 1, characterized by a positioning device that is adapted to interact with a complementary positioning device, which is provided at the aircraft galley to be equipped, in order to position the transport cart relative to the aircraft galley to be equipped.
14. An equipping system according to claim 13, characterized in that at least one of the positioning device of the transport cart is fastened to the base element and the positioning device of the transport cart is provided with a recess that is adapted, once the transport cart has reached a desired position relative to the aircraft galley to be equipped, to receive a projection of the complementary positioning device provided at the aircraft galley to be equipped.
15. An equipping system according to claim 1, characterized in that the total width of the transport cart is smaller than the width of an aisle of an aircraft, in which the aircraft galley to be equipped is disposed.
16. An equipping system according to claim 2, characterized in that at least one of the first and the second strut of the handle is fastened, in relation to a longitudinal axis of the transport cart, in a central region of the base element to the base element.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A footstool device adapted to rest upon a support surface, the device comprising at least one footrest, one base to which said at least one footrest is firmly attached by means of a joint capable of allowing said at least one footrest to rotate freely on a horizontal plane parallel to a plane containing the base and to assume inclinations, in relation to said plane containing the base, in all spatial directions, wherein said at least one footrest comprises a solid bowl shaped body comprising a substantially planar top surface, a multi-curved bottom surface and an internal cavity containing a mobile mass that is movable throughout the entire cavity, having said joint located in a position which is coincident with or higher than the barycenter of said foot rests.
2. A footstool according to claim 1 wherein said joint is a ball and socket joint.
3. A footstool according to claim 1 wherein said joints is sized in such a way so as to allow the footrest to tilt in all spatial directions without the footrest touching the base or the support surface.
4. A footstool according to claim 3 wherein said at least one footrest has a circular shape.
5. A Footstool according to claim 1 wherein said mobile mass is a liquid.
6. A Footstool according to claim 1 wherein the upper surface of said at least one footrest comprises a layer of non-slip material.
7. A Footstool according to claim 1 wherein said base comprises either adjustable feet that allow the base to be raised or lowered as required, or non-slip rubber pads.
8. The footstool device according to claim 1, wherein said joint has a suitable size so that said footrest moves in all spatial directions without touching the base or the ground.