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Double-deck elevators at Midland Square, Nagoya, Japan The Bailong Elevator Symbol seen within the upper cabin of the elevator in Roppongi Hills Mori Tower Double lobby ("lower lobby" and "upper lobby") to enter the elevators in Roppongi Hills Mori Tower. A double-deck elevator or double-deck lift is an elevator where one cab is stacked on top ...
In 2013, a new car seat regulation was introduced: "i-Size" is the name of a new European safety regulation that affects car seats for children under 15 months of age. It came into effect in July 2013 and provides extra protection in several ways, most notably by providing rearward facing travel for children up to 15 months instead of 9 to 12 ...
Destination dispatch is an optimization technique used for multi-elevator installations, in which groups of passengers heading to the same destinations use the same elevators, thereby reducing waiting and travel times. This contrasts with the traditional approach, in which each passenger calls for and enters the first available lift and then ...
Residential elevators may be small enough to only accommodate one person while some are large enough for more than a dozen. Wheelchair, or platform elevators, a specialized type of elevator designed to move a wheelchair 3.7 m (12 ft) or less, can often accommodate just one person in a wheelchair at a time with a load of 340 kg (750 lb). [78]
A car elevator. A car elevator or vehicle elevator is an elevator designed for the vertical transportation of vehicles inside buildings, so increasing the number of vehicles that can be parked in parking lots and parking garages. Where real estate is costly, these car parking systems can reduce overall costs by using less land to park the same ...
Stair lifts are used by people of all ages and child car seats can usually be fixed a standard stair lift seat using the seat belt provided with the stair lift system. Many stair lifts are also fitted with a key, to allow the user to prevent others from using the lift. Codes of practice and technical specifications apply to stair lift manufacture.
Rear bench seat for three adult passengers in an AMC Ambassador Bucket seat with six-point seat belts from Schroth in Porsche 997 GT3 RS 3.8. A bucket seat is a separate seat with a contoured platform designed to accommodate one person, distinct from a bench seat that is a flat platform designed to seat up to three people. Individual bucket ...
This is a list of inclined elevators, organised by place within country and region.. An inclined elevator is distinguished from the similar funicular railway in that its cars operate independently whereas funiculars are composed of two vehicles that synchronously counterbalance one another.