Patent ID: 7000736

Claim:
A elevator pit assembly for use with an elevator construction having a rail assembly including car and counterweight rails, a spaced lone car rail and a spaced lone counterweight rail, the car rails and the counterweight rails being aligned in a pair of right angle planes, the pit assembly comprising: a first pit plate having means for mounting an end of the rail assembly and the lone counterweight rail thereto; and a second pit plate having means for mounting an end of the lone car rail thereto; the first pit plate having plate mounting means located on opposed side edges thereof, the second pit plate having plate mounting means located on opposed ends thereof, the plate mounting means of the first and second pit plates being adapted and constructed to be joined together in a manner whereby the first and second plates can be positioned to form alternative right-angle constructions upon a pit floor; the means for mounting the end of the rail assembly and the lone counterweight rail thereto comprising an inverted u-shape flange extending upwardly from the first pit plate.