Abstract:
An elevator system permitting horizontal movement of a normally vertically moving elevator cabin, the elevator cabin being automatically attached to or detached from an elevator frame and horizontally moved to or from another elevator shaft or other destination. While an elevator cabin is supported on an elevator frame or other surface, various cables, rods, plugs and other equipment are automatically connected to or disconnected from the elevator cabin to enable vertical or horizontal motion of the elevator cabin. Once disconnected from such devices, the elevator cabin can be propelled horizontally out of the elevator frame and elevator shaft, onto other surfaces, such as floors of a building, and move horizontally to another destination. An elevator cabin may also be horizontally moved into an elevator shaft and onto the surface of an elevator frame, and connected to the frame, thus enabling such cabin to then move vertically within an elevator shaft.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This patent application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 8,430,210 B2 and U.S. Pat. No. 8,925,689 B2, which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. 
     FIELD OF INVENTION 
     This invention relates generally to any elevator system where one or more elevator cabins are capable of both vertical and horizontal motion. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Conventional elevator cabins are only designed and used to transport passengers vertically up and down in one building. This results in constraints and inefficiencies when passengers in elevator cabins desire, or are required, to travel horizontally as well as vertically. For example, airplane passengers moving vertically in an elevator cabin to or from a parking garage or to or from a passenger arrival floor in one airport terminal building, may desire to move horizontally to a different floor in another distant airport terminal building. Presently, such passengers spend considerable time and effort boarding and leaving elevator cabins with their luggage, as well as walking or obtaining horizontal transportation, such as moving walkways, transit pods, inter-terminal trains/monorails, taxis, or shuttle buses, to go from a desired floor in one airline terminal building to a different desired floor in another terminal building. It would be more efficient and enjoyable if passengers and their luggage could remain in the same vehicle for the entire journey. 
     In addition, elevator systems capable of operating multiple elevator cabins in the same elevator shaft can be rendered largely inoperable by mechanical or electrical failures of a single cabin. If one cabin malfunctions or develops limited operational capability it could slow down or halt movement of the other elevator cabins in the same elevator shaft. Similarly, an elevator cabin may need to be remodeled, refurbished, or repaired over an extended period of time, or many packages in a cabin may need to be loaded or unloaded slowly and carefully from an elevator cabin into a distant room on a certain floor of a tall building. 
     Accordingly, there is a need to solve all of the aforementioned problems and limitations, by: 1) making it possible for elevator cabins to easily transfer back and forth between vertical and horizontal motion, and 2) by providing a method to remove an elevator cabin from an elevator frame quickly and efficiently. There is also a need for other uses or applications for elevator cabins that can easily transfer back and forth between vertical and horizontal motion. 
     SUMMARY 
     According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is an elevator system in a structure comprising: at least one vertical elevator shaft and at least one horizontal surface along a horizontal plane of the structure; one or more elevator cabins wherein each cabin is independently moveable with respect to each other cabin vertically through each vertical elevator shaft and horizontally moveable onto each horizontal surface. The at least one vertical elevator shaft comprises at least one vertically moveable elevator frame that is attachable to an elevator cabin; and each cabin is detachable from the at least one elevator frame and capable of horizontal movement on the at least one horizontal surface 
     According to an embodiment, each elevator frame is suspended by a plurality of cables and is connected by cables to one or more counterweights. In another embodiment, each cable and each counterweight is located outside a vertical path of movement of each cabin and elevator frame. 
     Some embodiments of the present invention describe an elevator system which permits horizontal movement of a normally vertically moving elevator cabin. In one embodiment, an elevator cabin may be automatically attached to or detached from an elevator frame and then horizontally moved to or from another elevator shaft or other destination. While an elevator cabin is supported on an elevator frame or other surface, various cables, rods, plugs and other equipment may be automatically connected to or disconnected from the elevator cabin in order to enable vertical or horizontal motion of the elevator cabin. Once disconnected from all such devices, the elevator cabin can then be propelled horizontally on its own motorized wheels (or by another method) out of the elevator frame and elevator shaft and onto other surfaces, such as the floors of a building, and move horizontally to another destination. Similarly, an elevator cabin may also be horizontally moved into an elevator shaft and onto the surface of an elevator frame on its own motorized wheels (or by another method), and connected to the frame, thus enabling such cabin to then move vertically within an elevator shaft. By these methods it is also possible for an elevator cabin operating vertically in one building/structure to move horizontally to another building/structure and then operate vertically in that building/structure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is an illustration of the front view of an elevator shaft that contains three independently and vertically moving elevator frames, each frame containing a horizontally mobile elevator cabin, according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is an illustration of three empty elevator frames, their suspension cables, connection points, guides and guide tracks, viewed from an oblique perspective, according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is an illustration of the front view of an elevator frame suspended by cables in an elevator shaft, with a horizontally mobile elevator cabin positioned within the elevator frame and supported by the base of the elevator frame, according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4  is an illustration of the top view of an elevator frame suspended by cables in an elevator shaft, with a horizontally mobile elevator cabin positioned within the elevator frame and stabilized by four rods, according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 5  is an illustration of the bottom view of an elevator frame suspended by cables in an elevator shaft which shows the positions of the cables, the cabin, and the motorized wheels of a horizontally mobile elevator cabin positioned within the frame, according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 6  is an illustration of a side view of an elevator frame suspended by cables in an elevator shaft with a horizontally mobile elevator cabin supported by the base of the elevator frame, and passengers in the cab, some of whom are exiting the cab through its open sliding doors onto the floor of a building, according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 7  is an illustration of a side view of a stationary elevator frame suspended by cables in an elevator shaft with a detached horizontally mobile elevator cabin moving out of the frame through open swinging lobby doors and onto the floor of a building, with passengers riding inside of the moving cab, according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 8  is an illustration of the rear end view of an elevator frame in an elevator shaft, with a horizontally mobile elevator cabin positioned within the frame and passengers inside the cabin waiting to exit the rear sliding doors of the cabin and walk into the open sliding rear doors of another cabin situated in an adjacent elevator shaft (not shown), according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 9  is an illustration of a side view of two stationary elevator frames, each suspended by cables in a different elevator shaft, with horizontally mobile elevator cabins positioned in each elevator frame, and passengers walking from one cabin through open sliding rear doors of one cabin, across a short floor, and through open sliding rear doors of another adjacent elevator cabin, according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 10  is an illustration of the side view of two stationary elevator frames, each suspended by cables in a different elevator shaft, with a horizontally mobile elevator cabin, moving on motorized wheels from one elevator frame, across a short floor and onto the base of an adjacent empty elevator frame, according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Embodiments of the present invention are now described with reference to the figures where like reference numbers and letters indicate identical or functionally similar elements. Also, in the specification, the left most digit(s) of each reference number corresponds to the figure in which the reference number is first used. All elements of the present invention may be configured, composed, structured, positioned, and/or operated somewhat differently than as described herein. 
     Reference in the specification to “one embodiment” or to “an embodiment” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiments is included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearance of the phrase “in one embodiment” in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. 
     The language used in the specification has been principally selected for readability and instructional purposes, and may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the inventive subject. Accordingly, the disclosure of the present invention is intended to be illustrative, but not limiting, of the scope of the invention, which is set forth in the claims. Persons with ordinary skill in the art would be able to design other embodiments of the present invention without undo effort or experimentation. 
       FIG. 1  is an illustration of the front view of three elevator frames  101 A,  101 B,  101 C suspended by suspension cables  135  in an elevator shaft  100 , according to one embodiment of the present invention. Each suspension cable  135  can be connected to a connection point  140  located on each elevator frame  101 . Each connection point  140  can be positioned horizontally (not shown) and vertically away from each other connection point  140  in the elevator shaft  100 . Each suspension cable  135  and each connection point  140  connected to the exterior of each elevator frame  101  can be located outside of the vertical path of each elevator frame  101  as it moves vertically through elevator shaft  100 . Each suspension cable  135  can move up or down a side of elevator shaft  100 , up and over a pulley  120  and down a counterweight channel  130  to the top of a counterweight  115 , where said cable  135  can be connected to said counterweight  115 . Each elevator frame  101  can have two or more guides  150  attached to its sides that can move along vertical guide tracks  145  attached to walls  170  of the elevator shaft  100 . There can be a separate lift motor  155 A,  155 B, or  155 C that moves each elevator frame  101  up or down an elevator shaft  100  by means of a separate lift cable  136  connected to a separate connection point  140  (not shown) on the exterior of the elevator frame  101  (some can be connected on the rear of each frame) and also connected to a separate lift motor  155  positioned on a lift motor floor  105  of a structure, so that each lift cable  136  and each lift cable connection point  140  can be located outside of the vertical path of each elevator frame  101  as it moves vertically through the elevator shaft  100 . For example, frame  101 A can be attached to lift motor  155 A by lift cable  136 A. 
     The base  102  of each elevator frame  101  can support a horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160  which can be firmly connected to each elevator frame  101 . The passengers who are shown as inside each elevator cabin  160  are standing on the top of each elevator cabin floor  107 . When both an elevator frame  101  and an elevator cabin  160  are connected to each other they can also be referred to as an elevator cab  110 . All of the elevator cabs  110  operating in an elevator shaft  100  can be vertically aligned. Each elevator cab  110  suspended in elevator shaft  100  can be capable of moving vertically throughout an elevator shaft  100  independently of all of the other elevator cabs  110 , because all horizontally and vertically separated suspension cables  135 , all lift cables  136 , all horizontally and vertically separated connection points  140 , all guides  150 , and all other elements of the elevator system can be located outside of the path of each elevator cab  110  as it moves vertically through an elevator shaft  100 . On the other hand, most conventional elevator cabs cannot move independently of one another in the same elevator shaft, because most current and conventional elevator cabs are suspended by suspension cables that are connected to the top center of each elevator cab, and this centralized connection place obviously prevents more than one elevator cab from operating in the same elevator shaft. 
       FIG. 2  is an illustration of three empty elevator frames  101 A,  101 B,  101 C, their suspension cables  135 , their connection points  140 , some of their guides  150 , and their guide tracks  145 , from a different perspective, according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in  FIG. 2  there can be numerous separate connection points  140  that are separated horizontally and vertically from each other, which protrude outwardly from each elevator frame  101 , and away from the vertical path of each elevator frame  101  as it moves through elevator shaft  100 . Also, as shown on  FIG. 2 , all of said suspension cables  135  and all of said elevator lift cables  136  can be systematically, horizontally and vertically separated from each other. All of the above features enable a plurality of elevator frames  101  to move independently of each other through the same elevator shaft  100  in any direction, either up or down. All of these features can also provide an elevator system for the descriptions and explanations according to embodiments of the current invention. 
       FIG. 3  is an illustration of the front view of an elevator frame  101  suspended by cables  135 , all of which cables can be connected to connection points  140 , in an elevator shaft  100 , with a horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160  positioned within an elevator frame  101 , supported by an elevator frame base  102 , and stabilized within the elevator frame  101  by two or more stabilization rods (or other stabilization devices)  306 , according to one embodiment of the present invention. When the elevator frame  101  arrives at a floor of a building/structure, one of two scenarios can happen: 1) the top of an elevator cabin floor  107  (shown as a dashed line) can stop at the level of a building floor  312  (shown here as a dotted line) so that passengers in the elevator cabin  160  can exit through two open cabin sliding doors  300 A (not shown as open) and two open lobby sliding doors  300 B (not shown separately or as open) onto a building floor  312  and waiting passengers can also enter into the elevator cabin  160  through said open sliding doors  300 A and  300 B; or 2) the top of the elevator frame base  102  can stop at the level of a building floor  312  so that telescoping stabilization rods  306  can be automatically withdrawn into the elevator frame  101  (not shown as withdrawn), a pair of swinging lobby doors  302  can fully open on their hinges  303  (not shown as open), and a plurality of motorized wheels  304 , such as four motorized wheels  304 , (two rear wheels are not shown), positioned under the elevator cabin  160  can propel the horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160  (with or without passengers inside) onto the floor  312  of a building (such passengers can be seen through the windows  301  in the elevator cabin&#39;s sliding doors  300 A). The tops of said swinging doors  302  can be shown by the dashed lines  311 , the bottoms of said swinging doors  302  can be shown by dashed lines  314 , each side of said swinging doors  302  can be shown by dashed lines  313 , and the center of said swinging doors  302  can be shown by a dashed line  309 . Each lobby sliding door  300 B can be positioned inside of a swinging door  302 , for example suspended on a track, and can slide to and fro  310  within said swinging doors  302 . As shown, each lobby swinging doors  302  can be attached to a wall  315  of an elevator shaft  100  by hinges  303 . All four sliding doors,  300 A and  300 B, can open or close in unison. 
     After all passengers have walked through the open sliding doors  300  in scenario no. 1, all sliding doors  300  can close in unison and the elevator cab  110  can then move vertically up or down in elevator shaft  100  to another destination floor. On the other hand, in scenario no. 2, after four motorized wheels  304  have propelled a horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160  through the open lobby swinging doors  302 , said swinging doors  302  can close in unison. The empty elevator frame  101  can then move up or down to another destination floor, and the horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160  can be propelled on its motorized wheels  304  to another destination on said building floor  312 . 
       FIG. 4  is an illustration of the top view of an elevator frame  101  suspended by cables  135 , and guided by guides  150  along guide tracks  145  in an elevator shaft  100 A formed by girders  406 , with a horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160  supported by the base  102  of the elevator frame  101 , and stabilized by four telescoping stabilization rods  306 , according to one embodiment of the present invention. A pair of cabin sliding doors  300 A can be shown as closed within a cabin wall  410  at the front end of the elevator cabin  160 , and a pair of lobby sliding doors  300 B can be shown as closed within a pair of lobby swinging doors  302 , which can be hung on hinges  303 . At the rear end of the elevator cabin  160  there can be another pair of cabin sliding doors  400  which can be shown as closed within an elevator cabin wall  410  at the rear end of the elevator cabin  160 . Four telescoping stabilization rods  306  can be shown as extended into four sleeves  411  located within the sides of the elevator cabin  160 , by means of motors  402 . Similarly, a telescoping electricity and data plug  403  can be automatically extended into a socket  412  located in a side of the elevator cabin  160  by means of a motor  402 . Inside the elevator cabin  160 , pull down seats  407  can be provided for horizontally moving passengers, building floor destination buttons  408  can be installed within cabin walls  410 , and a ceiling light and video camera  409  can be installed within the cabin  160 . 
     Also as shown in  FIG. 4 , a horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160  can be driven onto the base  102  of an elevator frame  101  by means of the cabin&#39;s motorized wheels  304  and positioned in the center of the elevator frame  101  by means of a steering mechanism (not shown) which can steer said motorized wheels  304  as guided by a guiding mechanism, such as a laser beam (not shown). Each elevator frame  101  in an elevator shaft  100 A can be guided vertically along said elevator shaft  100 A by a guiding means  150  moving along a vertical guide track  145  which is positioned along each side of an elevator shaft  100 A. Each elevator shaft  100  in a structure can be constructed of building girders  406  through which each elevator frame  101  and its suspension cables  135  can move. Two or more elevator shafts  100  can be constructed side by side or end to end,  100 A,  100 B,  100 C and  100 D, as shown in  FIG. 4 . 
       FIG. 5  is an illustration of the bottom view of an elevator frame  101  suspended by cables  135  and guided by guides  150  along guide tracks  145  in an elevator shaft  100 A formed by girders  406 , with a horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160  supported by the base  102  of an elevator frame  101  and stabilized by four telescoping stabilization rods  306 , according to one embodiment of the present invention. Each motorized wheel  304  of elevator cabin  160  can be connected by an axle  500 , and all motorized wheels  304  can be propelled by one or more propulsion motors  501 . Each motorized wheel  304  can be steerable by means of a steering mechanism (not shown). Each motorized wheel  304  can also be brakable by means of a braking mechanism (not shown). Each horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160  can also be horizontally guidable by means of a guiding mechanism (not shown), such as magnetic guides and metal wires, laser guides, electronic sensors and/or other suitable guiding mechanisms (not shown). 
       FIG. 6  is an illustration of the side view of a stationary elevator frame  101 , suspended by cables  135  (two are not shown), and guided by guides  150  along vertical guide tracks  145  in an elevator shaft  100 A formed by girders  406 , in accordance with one embodiment of the current invention. Positioned within elevator frame  101  can be a horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160  with passengers exiting the floor  107  of the cabin  160  onto floor  312  of a building through open sliding doors  300 A and  300 B (not shown as open). The top  161  of elevator cabin  160  is also shown. Open lobby sliding doors  300 B (not shown as open) can be shown within closed lobby swinging doors  302  that are supported by hinges  303 . Closed sliding rear doors  400  can be shown at the rear of elevator cabin  160 . The motorized wheels  304  of elevator cabin  160  can be supported by the base  102  of elevator frame  101 . Elevator cabin  160  can be stabilized by four telescoping stabilization rods  306  (not shown) automatically inserted into four stabilization sleeves  411  (two are not shown) on the sides of the elevator cabin  160 . A telescoping electricity and data plug  403  (not shown) can be automatically inserted into an electricity and data socket  412  on a side of the elevator cabin  160  in order to provide electricity and data to the cabin  160  while it is moving vertically in an elevator shaft  100 A, and electricity to charge a battery  604  for the horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160 . As shown in  FIG. 6  there can be an electricity storage battery  604  attached to the cabin  160  which can be used as energy for motors  501  (not shown) to propel the horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160  when it is detached from the elevator frame  101  and moves horizontally on a surface. 
       FIG. 7  is an illustration of the side view of a stationary elevator frame  101 , suspended by cables  135  (two are not shown), and guided by guides  150  along vertical guide tracks  145  in an elevator shaft  100 A formed by girders  406 , all in accordance with one embodiment of the current invention. The top of the base  102  of the elevator frame  101  can be shown at the same level as the floor  312  of a building/structure. Both swinging lobby doors  302  can be swung wide open and can be hanging from their hinges  303 . A pair of cabin front sliding doors  300 A can remain closed and a pair of cabin rear sliding doors  400  can also remain closed. A wall  700  of the elevator lobby and a ceiling  701  above the lobby are shown in  FIG. 7 . Telescoping stabilization rods  306  (not shown) can have already been automatically withdrawn from stabilization sleeves  411  and into the elevator frame  101  by means of stabilization rod motors  402  (not shown). Similarly a telescoping electricity and data plug  403  (not shown) can have already been automatically withdrawn from an electricity and data socket  412  and into the elevator frame  101  by means of an electricity and data motor  402  (not shown). At this point in time, a horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160  can be propelled out of the elevator frame  101  on its motorized wheels  304  (two are not shown) and onto the surface of the floor  312  of a building or other structure, with or without passengers inside the elevator cabin  160 . 
     Once completely outside of the elevator frame  101 , the horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160 , with or without passengers on board, can be propelled by its motorized wheels  304  on any horizontal surface as far as the electric charge in its batteries  604  can last. For example, the elevator cabin  160  can travel to other destinations on the building floor  312 ; it can travel across a bridge from one building to another building (not shown); and if a compatible elevator frame  101  in a second building is empty, it can enter through other open lobby swinging doors  302  and move into that second frame  101  (not shown). At this point in time, other telescoping stabilization rods  306  can be automatically inserted into the stabilization sleeves  411  of the elevator cabin  160  (not shown) and another telescoping electricity and data plug  402  can be automatically inserted into an electricity and data socket  412  of the cabin  160  (not shown). Once the other swinging lobby doors  302  (not shown) are closed, this new elevator cab  110  can move vertically again up or down in this new elevator shaft  100 B in the second building (not shown). 
       FIG. 8  is an illustration of the rear view of an elevator frame  101 A guided by guides  150  along two vertical guide tracks  145  through an elevator shaft  100 A, in accordance with an embodiment of the current invention. Positioned within elevator frame  101 A can be the rear view of a horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160 A. The cabin&#39;s motorized wheels  304  can be supported by the top of the elevator frame&#39;s base  102 A, and elevator cabin  160 A can be stabilized by telescoping stabilization rods  306 . Two sliding rear doors  400  can be closed and passengers inside cabin  160 A can be visible from the windows  301  located in the sliding doors  400 . When elevator cab  110 A is moving vertically up or down an elevator shaft  100 A, the two rear sliding doors  400  cannot slide open because they must be locked. When elevator cab  110 A stops at a building floor  312 , one of several scenarios can happen: (1) if the floor  107 A of elevator cabin  160 A stops at the floor  312  of a building (shown by dashed lines), passengers in the stationary elevator cabin  160 A can walk out of the cabin&#39;s open front sliding doors  300 A and  300 B (not shown) onto the surface of floor  312  of a building (not shown). But the rear sliding doors  400  of cabin  160 A must remain closed and locked, unless there is another elevator cabin  160 B (not shown) waiting in a directly adjacent elevator shaft  100 B (not shown) with its floor  107 B also stopped at the same floor level  312  (not shown). If this event occurs, the rear sliding doors  400  of both elevator cabins  160 A and  160 B can automatically unlock and open so that passengers in one stationary elevator cabin  160  can walk across a short floor/connecting platform  800  (not shown) between the two waiting stationary cabins  160  and into the other stationary cabin  160  in accordance with one embodiment of this invention (see  FIG. 9  for more detailed descriptions). 
     On the other hand, (2) if the top of the base  102 A of elevator frame  101 A stops at the floor  312  of a building, then after elevator cabin  160 A can be automatically detached from elevator frame  101 A, and horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160 A can move out of frame  101 A on its motorized wheels  304 , either: (a) through the open swinging lobby doors  302  and onto the building lobby floor  312  (not shown), or (b) if the base  102 B of another empty elevator frame  101 B is waiting in an adjacent elevator shaft  100 B at the same building floor level  312 , then horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160 A can move out of frame  101 A in shaft  100 A on its motorized wheels  304 , across a short floor/connecting platform  800  (not shown), and into empty elevator frame  101 B waiting in elevator shaft  100 B (not shown), where cabin  160 A can be automatically reattached to frame  101 B. Elevator frame  101 B can then move vertically again up or down elevator shaft  100 B with elevator cabin  160 A on board, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention (see  FIG. 10  for more detailed descriptions). 
       FIG. 9  is an illustration of the side view of two stationary elevator frames  101 A and  101 B each suspended by suspension cables  135 , guided by guides  150  along guide tracks  145  in two adjacent elevator shafts  100 A and  100 B, respectively and separated by a short floor/connecting platform  800  supported by a building girder  406 , in accordance with one embodiment of the current invention. Positioned within elevator frame  101 A can be a horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160 A, and positioned within elevator frame  101 B can be a horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160 B. The rear sliding doors  400 A and  400 B of each elevator cabin  160 A and  160 B, respectively, can be open, so that passengers in stationary cabin  160 A can walk across a cabin floor  107 A in cabin  160 A through open rear sliding doors  400 A and  400 B, across a short floor/connecting platform  800  supported by a girder  406 , and into stationary cabin  160 B without accessing a lobby  900 . Likewise, passengers in stationary cabin  160 B can walk across a cabin floor  107 B in cabin  160 B through open rear sliding doors  400 B and  400 A, across a short floor/connecting platform  800  supported by a girder  406 , and into stationary cabin  160 A without accessing a lobby  900 . Similarly, if rear sliding doors  400 B and  400 A can remain open, if front sliding doors  300 A of elevator cabins  160 A and  160 B can remain open, and if the front lobby sliding doors  300 B of each building lobby  900 A and  900 B can also remain open, then all passengers in each stationary elevator cabin  160 A and  160 B and in each lobby  900 A and  900 B can access each said cabin and each said lobby, as shown on  FIG. 9 . 
       FIG. 10  is an illustration of the side view of two stationary elevator frames  101 A and  101 B, each suspended by cables  135 , guided by guides  150  along guide tracks  145  in two adjacent elevator shafts  100 A and  100 B formed by girders  406  and separated by a short floor/connecting platform  800  supported by girders  406 , in accordance with one embodiment of the current invention. The base  102 A and  102 B of each elevator frame  101 A and  101 B, respectively, can be level with floor  312  of a building/structure. After horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160 A is automatically detached from elevator frame  101 A, elevator cabin  160 A can be propelled by its motorized wheels  304  through the open area  1000  between elevator shaft  100 A and elevator shaft  100 B, across a short floor/connecting platform  800  supported by a building girder  406 , and into elevator frame  101 B. At this point in time, horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160 A has two options: (1) it can request that lobby swinging doors  302 B swing wide open so that horizontally mobile cabin  160 A can be propelled on its motorized wheels  304  onto the surface  312  of lobby  900 B and move on its motorized wheels  304  to a new destination; or (2) it can remain in elevator frame  101 B. Once positioned in frame  101 B, elevator cabin  160 A can be automatically reattached to other telescoping stabilization rods  306  (not shown) and to another telescoping electricity and data plug  403  (not shown) by means of motors  402  (not shown). Thereafter, elevator frame  101 B with horizontally mobile elevator cabin  160 A firmly reattached, can move vertically up or down elevator shaft  100 B. In embodiments of the present invention, one or more temporary passageways are provided through one or more elevator shafts, and through one or more stationary elevator frames. Furthermore, each elevator cabin in an elevator shaft can be used as a vertical and/or horizontal carrier of workers and/or materials during construction, remodeling or repair of any floor of such structure. 
     Throughout the description and drawings, example embodiments are given with reference to specific configurations. It will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms. Those of ordinary skill in the art would be able to practice such other embodiments without undue experimentation. The scope of the present invention, for the purpose of the present patent document, is not limited merely to the specific example embodiments or alternatives of the foregoing description.