Christopher H Story

US Patent:

20110082588, Apr 7, 2011

Filed:

Jul 6, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/444887

Inventors:

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

International Classification:

E04H 6/12
G05B 15/02

US Classification:

700275, 414256, 414814

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.