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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
May. 14, 1996
Michael P Sheehan, Denver, CO (US);
James W Wanek, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A stand-alone centering device is provided for residential and commercial parking spaces to assist a motor vehicle operator in centering the motor vehicle in the space, the device consisting of a resilient floor marker which can be adhesively secured at or near an entrance end of the parking space and positioned such that the motor vehicle operator must align the left or right front tire of the vehicle to roll over the marker followed by the left or right rear tire of the vehicle in order to establish proper alignment of the vehicle in centered relation to the space. An additional marker may be positioned in predetermined relation to the front end of the space to indicate the forward end limit of travel.