Patent ID: 9193566
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. An elevator ceiling attached to an upper side of an elevator cab comprised of a drop panel, a fixed panel and a frame assembly; the frame assembly defines a perimeter of an elevator ceiling; the frame assembly includes a first rail assembly along a first segment of the perimeter that is substantially parallel to a second rail assembly along a second segment of the perimeter; the fixed panel is affixed at a first edge to the first rail assembly and at a second edge to the second rail assembly; the first rail assembly includes a first track along the length of the first rail assembly; the second rail assembly includes a second track along the length of the second assembly; the first track and second track are substantially the same length; the drop panel has a first end of a first slide on a first edge and a first end of a second slide on a second edge; a second end of the first slide is engaged in the first track and a second end of the second slide is engaged in the second track; when in a closed mode the drop panel is adjacent to and coplanar to the fixed panel; when in the closed mode a lock connects the drop panel to the frame assembly such that the drop panel and fixed panel are substantially coplanar; when the lock disengages the drop panel from the frame assembly the first slide and second slide are allowed to extend vertically thereby lowering the drop panel a predetermined distance into a lowered mode; when in a lowered mode the second end of the first slide moves in the first track and the second end of the second slide moves in the second track thereby transitioning the drop panel into an open mode; when the drop panel is fully in the open mode the first slide and second slide are biased to hold the drop panel in the open mode.