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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2007
Joseph Coleman Mcdowell, Jr., Flower Mound, TX (US);
Michael Corbett Story, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
James Bowmer Story, Highland Village, TX (US);
Charles Jefferson Fritts, Highland Village, TX (US);
Juan Carlos Acevedo, Lewisville, TX (US);
Victor Dale Trotter, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Len Keith Averyt, Rhome, TX (US);
Christopher Corbett Story, Arlington, TX (US);
Joseph Coleman McDowell, Jr., Flower Mound, TX (US);
Michael Corbett Story, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
James Bowmer Story, Highland Village, TX (US);
Charles Jefferson Fritts, Highland Village, TX (US);
Juan Carlos Acevedo, Lewisville, TX (US);
Victor Dale Trotter, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Len Keith Averyt, Rhome, TX (US);
Christopher Corbett Story, Arlington, TX (US);
Safe Parking Limited, Katy, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention as disclosed herein is an improved vehicle parking structure and method for using the same. The vehicle parking structure provides for the automated storage and retrieval of vehicles in response to user inputs. In one aspect, the vehicle parking structure comprises one or more transfer rooms in which a vehicle operator may deposit and later retrieve a vehicle, a plurality of parking spaces of either fixed or variable dimensions, and one or more vehicle transporters used to move vehicles from the one or more transfer rooms to the plurality of parking spaces. The one or more vehicle transporters are in turn each preferably comprised of one or more vertical stabilizers, one or more tractors, one or more lifts, a lifting platform, and a dolly. The vehicle transporters move the lifting platform and dolly so that the dolly may be positioned to access a vehicle located in a transfer room or parking space.