Glass elevator innovations
AssigneeNationwide Lifts
InventorsAndrew Darnley, III, Susan Marie Siegmann, Joseph Harlan Marshall, Jesse Scott Duncan
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Abstract
A floor for use with a glass elevator is provided. The floor includes an upper major surface, a lower major surface opposing the upper major surface, a first side edge, a second side edge, the first and second side edges extending from the upper major surface to the lower major surface. The floor includes one or more front edges and one or more rear edges. The one or more front edges and one or more rear edges extend from the upper major surface to the lower major surface. The floor is formed from a unitary, continuous, solid plate material.
Claims16
A framework assembly for use with a glass elevator, the framework assembly comprising:
- a plurality of vertically aligned structural rings, each having one or more recesses, each of the recesses extending from an inner edge of the structural ring in a direction toward an outer edge of the structural ring;
- a plurality of corner members extending from a lowermost structural ring to an adjacent structural ring;
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- a plurality of guide rails extending from the lowermost structural ring to the adjacent structural ring, each of the plurality of guide rails having at least one flange configured to support a plurality of faces;
- wherein the at least one flange of each of the plurality of guide rails is configured to seat within the one or more recesses of each of the plurality of structural rings;
- wherein each of the plurality of structural rings is formed from a unitary, continuous, solid plate material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.