US 12,330,914 B2
Elevator installation method and apparatus
David Arevalo Romo, Bonney Lake, WA (US); and Christopher Patrick Bates, Spring, TX (US)
Assigned to SafeWorks, LLC, Tukwila, WA (US)
Filed by SafeWorks, LLC, Tukwila, WA (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/277,759.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/631,130, filed on Feb. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0248624 A1, Aug. 15, 2019
Int. Cl. B66B 5/00 (2006.01); B66B 1/28 (2006.01); B66B 1/46 (2006.01); B66B 11/02 (2006.01); B66B 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 5/00 (2013.01) [B66B 1/28 (2013.01); B66B 1/466 (2013.01); B66B 19/002 (2013.01); B66B 11/0206 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elevator installation system comprising:
a support structure including a first surface and a second surface, the support structure oriented such that the first surface faces in a first direction and the second surface faces in a second direction opposite the first direction, the support structure configured to support a worker standing on the first surface, wherein the support structure includes at least a portion of an elevator car and wherein the elevator car includes an elevator cab and the elevator cab defines the second surface, wherein the elevator cab comprises an interior space for use by passengers when the first surface is not in use by the worker;
a hoist supporting the support structure such that at least a portion of the hoist is positioned facing the second surface; and
a suspension member coupled to the hoist and extending from the hoist in the first direction.