Integrated transport system for overhead stowage

One advantageous embodiment of the present invention is an integrated transport system for moving an object in an aircraft between a main cabin and an overhead cabin via a shaft in connection therebetween. This integrated transport system includes a single-unit gantry-lift device with an object carrier for receiving the object. This object carrier has one or more restraint members for securing the object in the object carrier and preventing the object from inadvertently tipping or falling out of the object carrier. In this embodiment, the single-unit gantry-lift device further includes a lift device for moving the object carrier generally along a longitudinal axis of the shaft and a gantry device for moving the object carrier generally along a first axis of the overhead cabin and/or a second axis, which is disposed generally perpendicular to the first axis.