Modular elevator cab

Claim 2

A modular cab structure for an elevator car, comprising: a platform, a wall portion on said platform having interior and exterior surfaces, said wall portion including a rear wall and first and second side walls, all formed of a plurality of upstanding wall sections having adjacent flanged portions at their lateral edges which extend outwardly from the exterior surface, said upstanding wall sections including: (a) first and second free standing right angle corner sections each having first and second leg portions which form part of a side wall and the rear wall, (b) at least one straight section disposed between leg portions of said right angle corner sections, and (c) at least one straight section disposed adjacent to each remaining leg portion of said first and second right angle corner sections, and means joining together the adjacent flanged portions of said plurality of wall sections.

Claim 3

The modular cab of claim 1 including a plurality of panel members fastened to the interior sur-face of the wall portion, with said panel members being arranged to conceal the joints between the plurality of wall sections. 12 49,064

Claim 4

The modular cab of claim 1 wherein the at least one straight section in each of the rear wall and first and second side walls are like dimensioned standard width sections.

Claim 5

The modular cab of claim 3 including at least one additional straight section in the rear wall, with said at least one additional straight section having a width dimension selected to provide a rear wall having the required width dimension.

Claim 6

The modular cab of claim 3 including at least one additional straight wall section in each of the first and second side walls, with the width dimensions thereof being selected to provide the required width dimensions for the first and second side walls.

Claim 7

The modular cab of claim 1 wherein the up-standing panel sections are metallic members, with their flanged portions being integral therewith.

Claim 8

The modular cab of claim 1 wherein the mean joining the flanged portions is completely including joint hardware fixed to both flanged portions to be joined together.

Claim 9

The modular cab of claim 1 wherein the at least one straight section in each of the rear and first and second side walls is a standard width section, with their flat major portions disposed between their lateral edges having a plurality of vertically elongated spacer receiving openings therein, and wherein the first and second leg portions of the first and second right angle corner sections each have a plurality of vertically elong-ated spacer receiving openings therein, and including a plurality of panel members on the interior surface of the wall portion with each having a plurality of spacer mem-bers fixed to one side thereof which extend into selected spacer receiving openings in the wall sections to provide support for said panel members, said panel members being arranged to conceal the joints between the plurality of wall sections. 13 49,064

Claim 10

The modular cab of claim 8 including at least one additional straight section in at least one of the walls having a non-standard width dimension selected to provide the required width dimension for the associated wall, with the panel members obtaining their support entirely from the standard width wall sections.

Claim 11

The modular cab of claim 1 wherein each wall section has first and second flanged portions, with the means joining adjacent flanged portions including: a plurality of spacer members having head and shank portions, with their shank portions being fixed to said first flanged portion in predetermined vertically spaced relation with one another, an elongated, vertically slidable, locking mem-ber slidably fixed to said second flanged portion, said locking member having a plurality of verti-cally spaced, vertically oriented elongated slots therein having upper and lower ends, with its lower end having an enlarged spacer-head-receiving portion, and with a narrow-er, spacer-shank-receiving portion extending upwardly therefrom towards its upper end, said second flange por-tion having a plurality of vertically spaced openings therein, said slots and openings of said locking member and said second flanged portion, respectively, being disposed to define a plurality of cooperative pairs, with portions of the slot and opening of each pair being aligned as the locking member is operated between prede-termined upper and lower travel limits, each of said spacer members extending through an opening defined by a cooperative pair, with the first and second flanged portions being locked tightly together when the locking member has been forced towards its lower travel limit.