Patent ID: 11905141
Assignee: INVENTIO AG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An elevator including a car movable in an elevator shaft and a counterweight movable together with the car in the elevator shaft in a direction of movement opposite to a direction of movement of the car, the car having a car roof and a balustrade arranged on the car roof at a side of the car facing toward the counterweight, the balustrade comprising:
a balustrade pivotably attached to the car roof on an axis adjacent an edge of the car roof;
wherein the balustrade is pivotable about the axis adjacent the edge of the car roof from a vertical orientation to a first fall protection position having an inclined orientation relative to the car roof that angles the balustrade away from the edge of the car roof and reduces an accessible area of the car roof; and
wherein the balustrade is securable in the first fall protection position.