Vehicle, and parking facility for same

A vehicle that can self-travel while kept standing upright with a rear surface of a vehicle body facing down, the vehicle comprising:

• a caster;
• a drive wheel;
• and
• a drive source for rotationally driving the drive wheel, the caster, the drive wheel, and the drive source provided on the rear surface of the vehicle body,
• wherein a parking facility for parking the vehicle while kept standing upright with the rear surface of the vehicle facing down, the vehicle parking facility comprising an erecting mechanism for erecting the vehicle with the rear surface of the vehicle facing down,
• wherein the erecting mechanism comprises:
• a horizontal base plate on which at least two vehicles can be parked;
• a rotating member vertically rotatably supported at one end in the longitudinal direction of the base plate for mounting a vehicle before and after erection;
• an electric motor provided at the other end in the longitudinal direction of the base plate;
• and
• a link mechanism for connecting an output shaft of the electric motor to the rotating member.

A parking facility for parking a vehicle while kept standing upright with a rear surface of the vehicle facing down, the parking facility comprising:

• an erecting mechanism for erecting the vehicle with the rear surface of the vehicle facing down;
• a transfer mechanism for transferring the vehicle erected by the erecting mechanism to a predetermined position,
• wherein the erecting mechanism comprises:
• a horizontal base plate on which at least two vehicles can be parked;
• a rotating member vertically rotatably supported at one end in the longitudinal direction of the base plate for mounting a vehicle before and after erection;
• an electric motor provided at the other end in the longitudinal direction of the base plate;
• and
• a link mechanism for connecting an output shaft of the electric motor to the rotating member.