Patent ID: 8251186

Claim:
An elevator installation comprising: a frame for movement along guide rails; a plurality of guides to engage with the guide rails; and a plurality of adapter kits to mount the guides to the frame wherein each adapter kit comprises: a first bracket having two opposing walls and an interconnecting web in an n-shaped profile, the web being configured for attachment to a guide by at least one fastener wherein each of the opposing walls has a slot aligned in a first direction towards one of the guide rails; and a second bracket having two opposing walls and an interconnecting web in a u-shaped profile with a slot provided therein extending in a second direction between the second bracket opposing walls and perpendicular to the first direction: wherein the second bracket is fastened through its slot to holes in the frame; the opposing walls of the first bracket lie adjacent to the opposing walls of the second bracket; and the first bracket is fastened through the slots in its opposing walls to the second bracket and the first bracket slots permit limited sliding of the first bracket relative to the second bracket in the first direction.