Patent ID: 8573367

Claim:
An elevator car for reduced elevator shaft tops that remain free of drive elements above a cross-section of the elevator car, said elevator car ( 10 ) comprising a car floor ( 8 ), side walls perpendicular to the car floor, and on an upper end ( 2 ) of the side walls of the elevator car attached a non-load bearing car roof ( 9 ) that deforms downward or descends immediately into an interior of the elevator car in response to stepping thereon by a person, said elevator car having a free space (F), in a form of a cuboid having a minimum dimension of 0.5 m×0.6 m×0.8 m over a surface on which a maintenance worker stands to perform maintenance, located completely inside the elevator car ( 10 ); and said elevator car having a removable upper side wall part ( 3 ) on one of the side walls of the elevator car, adapted to be removed from inside of the elevator car to form a maintenance window for the maintenance worker standing on the car floor ( 8 ) to perform maintenance therethrough, wherein said surface is the car floor ( 8 ).