IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,246,943
Granted Patent B2
US 12,246,943 · App. 18/571,285 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Elevator car

Inventor: Elena Carrara (Lucerne, CH)
Assignee: INVENTIO AG
B66B11/0226
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Patent No.
US 12,246,943
App. No.
18/571,285
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An elevator car has car walls that form an interior for passengers. A handrail providing a rest surface for passengers is disposed in the interior on at least one of the car walls. The handrail rest surface has a height of at least 15 cm and is inclined, relative to the vertical, by an angle of inclination between 5° and 20°. The handrail can be L-shaped with two handrail portions, wherein one of the handrail portions is shorter than the other handrail portion.

Claims (29)

1. A elevator car comprising:

a plurality of car walls and a car floor forming an interior space for passengers;

a handrail arranged in the interior space and mounted on at least one of the car walls;

wherein the handrail includes a rest surface for the passengers; and

wherein the handrail is mounted on two of the car walls that are connected to one another via a corner, the handrail having an L-shape in plan view and bridging the corner, the handrail having two handrail portions, each of the handrail portions being associated with one of the two car walls, and each of the handrail portions including the rest surface for the passengers extending along the associated car wall.

2. The elevator car according to claim 1 wherein the rest surface has a height of at least 15 cm or at least 20 cm.

3. The elevator car according to claim 1 wherein the handrail has a lower edge that is less than 60 cm away from a walking surface of the car floor.

4. The elevator car according to claim 1 wherein the handrail is inclined, with respect to the rest surface, relative to a vertical direction, wherein an angle of inclination of the rest surface relative to the vertical direction is between 5° and 20° or is between 5° and 15°.

5. The elevator car according to claim 1 wherein the handrail has two handrail portions, each of the handrail portions being associated with one of the two car walls, and wherein one of the handrail portions is shorter than another of the handrail portions in a horizontal direction.

6. The elevator car according to claim 5 wherein the shorter handrail portion has a side length of at most 50 cm or at most 40 cm in the horizontal direction thereby forming a single seat for passengers in the corner.

7. The elevator car according to claim 1 wherein the handrail is covered or overlaid with a textile material at least in a region of the rest surface.

8. The elevator car according to claim 7 wherein one of the car walls is covered, at least in a wall segment thereof above the handrail, with a textile material forming a back rest surface for the passengers.

9. The elevator car according to claim 1 wherein the handrail has a shell-type profiled body defining a support structure for the handrail.

10. A handrail for an elevator car, the elevator car having a plurality of car walls and a car floor forming an interior space for passengers, the handrail comprising;

the handrail having an L-shape in plan view and being adapted to mount in the interior space on two of the car walls that are connected to one another via a corner thereby bridging the corner;

wherein the handrail has two handrail portions, each of the handrail portions being associated with one of the two car walls, and wherein one of the handrail portions is shorter than another of the handrail portions in a horizontal direction; and

wherein each of the handrail portions includes a rest surface for the passengers.

11. The handrail according to claim 10 wherein the rest surface has a height of at least 15 cm or at least 20 cm.

12. The handrail according to claim 10 wherein the handrail has a lower edge and is adapted to mount in the interior space with the lower edge being less than 60 cm away from a walking surface of the car floor.

13. The handrail according to claim 10 wherein the handrail is inclined, with respect to the rest surface, relative to a vertical direction, wherein an angle of inclination of the rest surface relative to the vertical direction is between 5° and 20° or is between 5° and 15°.

14. The handrail according to claim 10 wherein the shorter handrail portion has a side length of at most 50 cm or at most 40 cm in the horizontal direction thereby forming a single seat for passengers in the corner.

15. The handrail according to claim 10 wherein the handrail is covered or overlaid with a textile material at least in a region of the rest surface.

16. The handrail according to claim 10 wherein the handrail has a shell-type profiled body defining a support structure for the handrail.

17. A elevator car comprising:

a plurality of car walls and a car floor forming an interior space for passengers;

a handrail arranged in the interior space and mounted on at least one of the car walls;

wherein the handrail includes a rest surface for the passengers;

wherein the handrail is covered or overlaid with a textile material at least in a region of the rest surface; and

wherein one of the car walls is covered, at least in a wall segment thereof above the handrail, with a textile material forming a back rest surface for the passengers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2023
From: CARRARA, ELENA
To: INVENTIO AG
Reel/Frame 065893/0307 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 21181662 · Jun 25, 2021 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240279025A1 · Aug 22, 2024
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