Patent ID: 7198136

Claim:
An elevator system having a building lobby and a plurality of sky lobbies located above the building lobby wherein each sky lobby is separated by at least one local floor, the elevator system comprising: a plurality of shuffle elevator shafts for connecting the plurality of sky lobbies, a shuttle elevator being located for movement within each of the plurality of shuttle elevator shafts; a first local elevator located for movement in a first local elevator shaft connecting a first one of said plurality of sky lobbies and a second one of said plurality of sky lobbies wherein said first local elevator provides service to the floors located between said first and second sky lobby, said second sky lobby vertically spaced apart from said first sky lobby in a first direction; a second local elevator located in a second elevator shaft for movement therein connecting said first sky lobby with a third one of said plurality of sky lobbies wherein said second local elevator provides service to the floors located between said first and third sky lobbies, said third sky lobby vertically spaced apart from said first sky lobby in a second direction opposite said first direction; and, a third local elevator located in a third elevator shaft connecting a second one of said plurality of sky lobbies and a forth one of said plurality of sky lobbies wherein said third local elevator provides service to the floors located between said second and forth sky lobby, said third sky lobby vertically spaced in said first direction, said third local elevator shaft and said first local elevator shaft are located along a first vertical plane.