Patent ID: 7788854

Claim:
An elevator entrance sill assembly installable from an outside of an elevator shaft at a building floor without the use of a moving elevator platform in the elevator shaft comprising: an elevator entrance door sill adapted for mounting at an elevator shaft entrance adjacent to said elevator shaft; and hinge support means attachable to said elevator entrance door sill and mountable on the building floor adjacent to said elevator shaft and rotatable to extend upwardly from said floor and out of said elevator shaft; wherein said elevator entrance door sill being attachable to said hinge support means while in an upward position and outside of said elevator shaft; wherein said hinge support means and said elevator entrance door sill being rotatable downwardly to a horizontal position on said floor after attachment of said elevator door sill to said hinge support means with said elevator entrance door sill extending into said elevator shaft; and wherein said hinge support means comprises a hinge including a first leaf securely mounted on an alignment bracket spaced from said elevator entrance door sill and attached to said floor, and a second leaf mounted on a support bracket attached to and supporting said elevator entrance door sill and is rotatable with said support bracket between a vertical position and a horizontal position.