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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2009
Joseph Coleman Mcdowell, Jr., Flower Mound, TX (US);
Michael Corbett Story, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
James Bowmer Story, Highland Village, TX (US);
Dwayne David Miller, Northville, MI (US);
Sean Patrick Laney, Trenton, MI (US);
Daniel Jordan Reece, Woodhaven, MI (US);
Joseph Coleman McDowell, Jr., Flower Mound, TX (US);
Michael Corbett Story, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
James Bowmer Story, Highland Village, TX (US);
Dwayne David Miller, Northville, MI (US);
Sean Patrick Laney, Trenton, MI (US);
Daniel Jordan Reece, Woodhaven, MI (US);
SAFE PARKING LIMITED, Katy, TX (US);
Abstract
A mechanism for moving vehicles within a vehicle parking structure comprises a lift platform which can be moved vertically and laterally to positions in register with one or more transfer rooms through which vehicles enter and leave the structure and a selected parking space of the structure. A vehicle transfer mechanism is carried on the platform and includes four self-powered tractors carrying lift arms that can be driven off the platform to engage the tires of a vehicle and to transfer that vehicle onto the platform for transportation between a transfer room and a parking space. The tractors, when deployed, pass outside the vehicle tires with the lift arms folded and can then be operated to extend the arms in a way that engages the tires and lifts the vehicle.