Garage-installable, two-vehicle turntable having a pair of linearly movable platforms which decrease inter-vehicle distance during rotation

Abstract

A dual-vehicle turntable includes a subframe that incorporates a central pivot, a circular track and a rail cam; a generally circular carriage pivotably couplable to the central pivot and having a plurality of rollers angularly spaced around the periphery thereof that ride on the circular track; and a pair of linearly movable platforms mounted on the carriage, each of the platforms supporting a single vehicle and having a cam follower that tracks the rail cam. When the platforms are aligned with the opening of a garage, they are in a maximum spaced-apart relationship. However, when the carriage rotates, the platforms move towards each other, motivated by the action of the cam followers on the rail cam, thereby decreasing inter-vehicle distance and the lateral space required for the rotation of the vehicles. The platforms return to their original spacing as the carriage completes 180 degrees of rotation.

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