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US 2026/0176105 A1Published application
Elevator car comprising a balustrade
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsMaria Dolores Garcia-Suelto, Marcos Marra, Salvador Garcia
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Abstract
An elevator car (6) includes at least one movable balustrade (22) configured to transition between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration in which it projects from a top of the elevator car (6). The at least one movable balustrade (22) includes at least one movable element (22, 32) that is linearly movable between a retracted position and an extended position.
Claims15
Elevator car (6) comprising
- at least one movable balustrade (22) configured to transition between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration in which the at least one movable balustrade (22) projects from a top of the elevator car (6), the at least one movable balustrade (22) comprising at least one movable element (22, 32) that is linearly movable between a retracted position and an extended position.
Method of transitioning the configuration of at least one movable balustrade (22) provided at an elevator car (6) between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration;
- wherein the method includes moving at least one movable element (22, 32) of the at least one movable balustrade (22) linearly between a retracted position and an extended position in which the at least one movable element (22, 32) projects from the top of the elevator car (6);
- wherein the method in particular includes unlocking the at least one movable element (22, 32) before moving the at least one movable element (22, 32) and locking the at least one movable element (22, 32) after moving the at least one movable element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.