Double-wide independent platform parking lift

A vehicle lift apparatus comprising:

• (a) a vehicle lift frame including upstanding posts, each post having a guide track extending therealong;
• (b) a first vehicle lift platform and a second vehicle lift platform supported by the frame in laterally spaced relation, each of the first and second vehicle lift platforms having respective sets of front and rear corners;
• (c) a first linear actuator and a second linear actuator associated respectively with the first and second vehicle lift platforms, each of the first and second linear actuators being independently operable to extend and retract;
• (d) a first cable assembly and a second cable assembly associated respectively with the first and second linear actuators, each of the first and second cable assemblies being routed to engage the respective first and second actuators, and each of the front and rear corners of the associated first and second vehicle lift platforms, such that independent operation of the first and second linear actuators causes the associated first and second vehicle lift platforms to be independently lowered to a lowered position to enable a first vehicle to park thereon and independently raised to a raised position to enable a second vehicle to park on a support surface beneath the first and second vehicle lift platform in the raised position;
• (e) at least a first corner of each first and second vehicle lift platform having a first guide member projecting therefrom which engages the guide track of an associated upstanding post;
• (f) a first receptacle and a second receptacle associated with a respective one of the first and second vehicle lift platforms and depending from a support structure, the first and second receptacles being aligned with a second corner of the associated first and second vehicle lift platforms;
• (g) the second corner of the associated first and second vehicle lift platform having a second guide member projecting therefrom;
• and
• (h) the second guide member projecting from the associated first and second vehicle lift platform cooperating with the respective first and second receptacle in such a manner that the second guide member engages the respective first and second receptacle at a selected elevated height to thereby support the second corner when the associated first and second vehicle lift platform is raised toward the raised position.

A vehicle lift apparatus comprising:

• (a) a vehicle lift platform having a first front corner and a first rear corner on a first side of the vehicle lift platform and a second front corner and a second rear corner on a second side of the vehicle lift platform, the first front corner and first rear corner spaced laterally from the second front corner and the second rear corner;
• (b) a first front track extending vertically and proximate the first front corner of the vehicle lift platform and a first rear track extending vertically and proximate the first rear corner of the vehicle lift platform;
• (c) a first front guide projecting from the vehicle lift platform proximate the first front corner, the first front guide engaging the first front track as the vehicle lift platform is advanced between a lowered position and a raised position, a first rear guide projecting from the vehicle lift platform proximate the first rear corner, the first rear guide engaging the first rear track as the vehicle lift platform is advanced between the lowered position and the raised position, wherein in the raised position the vehicle lift platform is supported on the first front track and the first rear track by the first front guide and the first rear guide respectively at a height greater than the height of a vehicle to be parked below the vehicle lift platform;
• (d) a second front guide projecting from the vehicle lift platform proximate the second front corner;
• (e) a receptacle depending from a support structure and having a lower end extending in spaced relation above the second front guide;
• (f) a linear actuator operable to extend and retract;
• (g) a cable assembly routed to engage the linear actuator and the vehicle lift platform in such a manner as to cause the vehicle lift platform to be advanced between the lowered position and the raised position in coordination with extension and retraction of the actuator;
• and wherein
• (h) when the vehicle lift platform is advanced toward the raised position, the second front guide engages the receptacle at a selected elevated height and supports the second front corner of the vehicle lift platform thereby.

A vehicle lift apparatus comprising:

• (a) a left lift platform having a front inner corner, a rear inner corner, a front outer corner and a rear outer corner, the front outer corner and the rear outer corner spaced laterally outward from the front inner corner and the rear inner corner respectively;
• (b) a right lift platform having a front inner corner, a rear inner corner, a front outer corner and a rear outer corner, the front outer corner and the rear outer corner spaced laterally outward from the front inner corner and the rear inner corner respectively;
• (c) a left front outer track extending vertically and proximate the front outer corner of the left lift platform, a left rear outer track extending vertically and proximate the rear outer corner of the left lift platform, a right front outer track extending vertically and proximate the front outer corner of the right lift platform, and a right rear outer track extending vertically and proximate the rear outer corner of the right lift platform;
• (d) a left front outer guide projecting from the left lift platform proximate the front outer corner of the left lift platform, the left front outer guide engaging the left front outer track as the left lift platform is advanced between a lowered position and a raised position;
• (e) a left rear outer guide projecting from the left lift platform proximate the rear outer corner of the left lift platform, the left rear outer guide engaging the left rear outer track as the left lift platform is advanced between the lowered position and the raised position;
• (f) a right front outer guide projecting from the right lift platform proximate the front outer corner of the right lift platform, the right front outer guide engaging the right front outer track as the right lift platform is advanced between a lowered position and a raised position;
• (g) a right rear outer guide projecting from the right lift platform proximate the rear outer corner of the right lift platform, the right rear outer guide engaging the right rear outer track as the right lift platform is advanced between the lowered position and the raised position;
• (h) a front support structure extending between and interconnecting the left front outer track and the right front outer track proximate upper ends thereof;
• (i) a left front receptacle depending from the front support structure and having a lower end extending in spaced relation above a left front inner guide of the left lift platform;
• (j) a right front receptacle depending from the front support structure and having a lower end extending in spaced relation above a right front inner guide of the right lift platform;
• (k) a left linear actuator operable to extend and retract and a right linear actuator operable to extend and retract;
• (l) a left cable assembly routed to engage the left linear actuator and the left lift platform in such a manner as to cause the left lift platform to be advanced between the lowered position and the raised position in coordination with extension and retraction of the left linear actuator;
• and
• (m) a right cable assembly routed to engage the right linear actuator and the right lift platform in such a manner as to cause the right lift platform to be advanced between the lowered position and the raised position in coordination with extension and retraction of the right linear actuator;
• wherein:
• (n) when the left lift platform is advanced toward the raised position, the left front inner guide engages the left front receptacle at a selected elevated height and supports the left front inner corner of the left lift platform thereby;
• (o) when the right lift platform is advanced toward the raised position, the right front inner guide engages the right front receptacle at a selected elevated height and supports the right front inner corner of the right lift platform thereby;
• and wherein
• (p) in the raised, position the left lift platform and the right lift platform are supported at a height greater than the height of a vehicle to be parked below the left lift platform and the right lift platform respectively.