Patent ID: 8104587
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: B66B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An elevator car comprising: a floor made in modular form from a plurality of first panels; a pair of side walls made in modular form from a plurality of second panels; a back wall made in modular form from a plurality of third panels; a roof made in modular form from a plurality of fourth panels; and a plurality of connecting elements holding said floor, said side walls, said back wall and said roof together to form the elevator car, said connecting elements each being formed from a same sheet metal plate as an associated one of said floor first panels, said side walls second panels, said back wall third panels and said roof fourth panels, at least one of said side walls second panels and said back wall third panels having ones of said connecting elements being bent over from an installation orientation after connection to said roof fourth panels, wherein a line of holes is formed in the same sheet metal plate between the connecting elements and the associated said side walls second panels to facilitate the bending over of the connecting elements, wherein said second panels are wall panels, wherein each said wall panel has lower end straps disposed in connection with said first panels, said wall panels being connected by clip connections and each said wall panel having at an upper end straps disposed in connection with said fourth panels, wherein each said wall panel and said straps are formed from the same sheet metal plate, wherein each wall panel includes one of said clip connections and an opening offset laterally from said clip connection at a same height as said clip connection.