Patent ID: 9598265
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B66B

Claim:
1. An elevator system in a structure comprising: at least one vertical elevator shaft and at least one horizontal surface along a horizontal plane of said structure; two or more elevator cabins wherein each cabin is independently moveable with respect to each other cabin vertically through the at least one vertical elevator shaft and horizontally into the at least one horizontal surface; a pair of elevator cabin sliding doors located within a front wall of each elevator cabin; at least one vertically moveable elevator frame that is attachable to an elevator cabin of the two or more elevator cabins, wherein the elevator cabin being detachable from said at least one elevator frame and capable of horizontal movement on the at least one horizontal surface; and a pair of lobby sliding doors, wherein each lobby sliding door is suspended on a track within a pair of lobby swinging doors through which the at least one horizontal surface is accessible, and the pair of lobby swinging doors are attached to a wall of the at least one vertical elevator shaft; wherein the elevator cabin that is detachable from the at least one elevator frame is movable on motorized wheels through the open lobby swinging doors and onto the at least one horizontal surface to a destination away from the at least one vertical elevator shaft.