An elevator system comprising: an elevator car movable along an elevator shaft , the shaft having a pit floor , the elevator car having an elevator car door sill ; and a car apron assembly comprising: an apron frame movably mounted to the elevator car , the apron frame having a frame base; a winding mechanism mounted within the elevator car door sill ; a semi-rigid curtain attached to the winding mechanism and extending to the frame base; and the semi-rigid curtain being configured to transition between a deployed state and a stowed state, wherein when in the deployed state the semi-rigid curtain extends below the elevator car to block an open landing door that is lower than the elevator car when the elevator car is positioned offset and above an adjacent landing, and when in the stowed state the semi-rigid curtain is wound about the winding mechanism ; wherein the apron frame includes a guide arranged to provide support to the semi-rigid curtain and to guide movement of the semi-rigid curtain between the deployed state and the stowed state; and characterized in that the elevator system comprises a driving cable operably connecting the winding mechanism to the guide . an elevator car movable along an elevator shaft , the shaft having a pit floor , the elevator car having an elevator car door sill ; and a car apron assembly comprising: an apron frame movably mounted to the elevator car , the apron frame having a frame base; a winding mechanism mounted within the elevator car door sill ; a semi-rigid curtain attached to the winding mechanism and extending to the frame base; and the semi-rigid curtain being configured to transition between a deployed state and a stowed state, wherein when in the deployed state the semi-rigid curtain extends below the elevator car to block an open landing door that is lower than the elevator car when the elevator car is positioned offset and above an adjacent landing, and when in the stowed state the semi-rigid curtain is wound about the winding mechanism ; wherein the apron frame includes a guide arranged to provide support to the semi-rigid curtain and to guide movement of the semi-rigid curtain between the deployed state and the stowed state; and characterized in that the elevator system comprises a driving cable operably connecting the winding mechanism to the guide . an apron frame movably mounted to the elevator car , the apron frame having a frame base; a winding mechanism mounted within the elevator car door sill ; a semi-rigid curtain attached to the winding mechanism and extending to the frame base; and the semi-rigid curtain being configured to transition between a deployed state and a stowed state, wherein when in the deployed state the semi-rigid curtain extends below the elevator car to block an open landing door that is lower than the elevator car when the elevator car is positioned offset and above an adjacent landing, and when in the stowed state the semi-rigid curtain is wound about the winding mechanism ; wherein the apron frame includes a guide arranged to provide support to the semi-rigid curtain and to guide movement of the semi-rigid curtain between the deployed state and the stowed state; and characterized in that the elevator system comprises a driving cable operably connecting the winding mechanism to the guide . <EOS>