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An door for an overhead rack of a luggage compartment of a bus is hinged on a bracket which extends downwardly from the ceiling of the bus. When the door is opened it rolls around the pivot away from the aisle and into the luggage compartment. The door is held in the open position by a compression s

An door for an overhead rack of a luggage compartment of a bus is hinged on a bracket which extends downwardly from the ceiling of the bus. When the door is opened it rolls around the pivot away from the aisle and into the luggage compartment. The door is held in the open position by a compression spring until closed and latched. The door-hinge combination is particularly suited for retrofitting old busses which were constructed with open luggage racks. The old busses were unsafe because items in the storage racks could fall on passengers in case of accident or emergency movement of the bus.

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In an overhead storage compartment of a bus, the overhead compartment having a roof, a shelve, a hinged door and a latch closure, the improvement comprising an upper bracket extending downwardly from the roof of the compartment and a lower bracket extending upwardly from the shelve at each end of th

In an overhead storage compartment of a bus, the overhead compartment having a roof, a shelve, a hinged door and a latch closure, the improvement comprising an upper bracket extending downwardly from the roof of the compartment and a lower bracket extending upwardly from the shelve at each end of the door, a door bracket extending from a top inner surface at each end of the door, and a hinge positioned at least one fourth inch below a top of the door bracket and inwardly from the door between the upper bracket and the door bracket at each end of the door, whereby when the door is opened the top edge of the door swings into the overhead compartment leaving more space in an aisle adjacent the passenger compartment for a passenger to move.