Automated Bicycle Storage Facility
OwnerCharlotte Baxinventor
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Abstract
A system and method to store a bicycle, with the bicycle transported by a tracked, chain-driven conveyor, the bicycle protected from damage by a container and protected from theft by locking the container and using a code to establish the right to access the bicycle for retrieval.
Claims20
A system to store a bicycle, comprising a tracked, chain-driven conveyor that suspends the bicycle while transporting it.
A method to store bicycles, comprising transporting a bicycle by a conveyor that is tracked and chain-driven.
A non-transitory medium comprising instructions that can be read and executed by computer, that when executed perform a method for storing a bicycle, the method comprising:
- (a) communicating a code that corresponds to the bicycle,
- (b) controlling a tracked, chain-driven conveyor to transport the bicycle to a storage location,
- (c) storing a correspondence between the code and the storage location,
- (d) receiving a code,
- (e) retrieving the storage location that corresponds to the code, and
- (f) controlling a tracked, chain-driven conveyor to transport the bicycle from a storage location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.