Pinless wheel bumper block
AssigneeAPM Terminals North America, Inc.
InventorGuy A. Buzzoni
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Abstract
An anchorless wheel bumper block is used as a stop in a parking facility. The block includes a base with a bottom surface, a top with an upper surface, and a side extending around a perimeter of the block and between the bottom and upper surfaces. The bottom surface rests on a ground surface and the block is in contact with and unattached to the ground surface in an in-use position. The bottom surface is disposed in a first plane and has a length. The upper surface is disposed in a second plane generally parallel to the first plane. A distance between the bottom and upper surfaces defines a height of the block. The length is substantially greater than the height of the block. The block remains substantially in the in-use position when a wheeled unit contacts the block.
Claims25
An anchorless wheel bumper block for use as a stop in a parking facility, comprising:
- a base having a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface rests on a ground surface and the block is in contact with and unattached to the ground surface in an in-use position, the bottom surface being disposed in a first plane and having a length;
- a top having an upper surface, the upper surface being disposed in a second plane generally parallel to the first plane, wherein a distance between the bottom and upper surfaces defines a height of the block, and the length is substantially greater than the height of the block;
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- a side extending around a perimeter of the block and between the bottom and upper surfaces,
- wherein the block remains substantially in the in-use position when a wheeled unit contacts the block.
A wheeled parking system including wheeled unit parking locations, comprising:
- a ground surface in an original condition;
- an anchorless wheel bumper block for use as a stop, the block having a substantially flat and elongate shape and including a base having a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface rests unattached on the ground surface and the block is unattached to the ground surface in an in-use position, the bottom surface having a first size, a top extending from the base having an upper surface, the upper surface having a second size substantially equal to the first size, a side extending around a perimeter of the block and between the bottom and upper surfaces, and
- wherein the block is disposed at an end of the wheeled unit parking location, whereby the block prevents a wheeled unit from exiting the wheeled unit parking location and when the wheeled unit contacts the block, the block remains in substantially the in-use position, and when the block is lifted from the ground surface and moved to a nonuse position the ground surface remains substantially in the original condition.
A parking facility anchorless wheel bumper block, comprising:
- a bottom portion disposable on a ground surface in an in-use location adjacent a wheeled unit parking location and having a first surface area, wherein the block is anchorless and unsecured to the ground surface in the in-use location;
- a top portion having a second surface facing away from the ground surface and having a second surface area substantially equal to the first surface area;
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- a side extending around a perimeter of the block between the bottom and top portions, wherein the block remains substantially in the in-use location when a wheeled unit is forced against the block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.