Automated vehicular parking apparatus

A parking apparatus, comprising:

• left and right stanchions extending up from a base;
• a parking platform mounted to the left and right stanchions and being movable between lower and upper positions;
• left and right lever assemblies, each of the lever assemblies having inner surfaces facing toward one another and outer surfaces facing away from one another, each of the lever assemblies further including a first lever with an upper end having an articulated connection to the parking platform and a second lever with a lower end having an articulated connection to the base;
• means for moving the left and right lever assemblies between folded conditions where the parking platform is in the lower position and an unfolded conditions where the parking platform is in the upper position, wherein:
• the articulated connection of the parking platform to the upper end of the first lever in each of the left and right lever assemblies comprises:
• an inner bearing rotatably mounted adjacent the inner surface of the respective lever assembly, an outer bearing mounted adjacent a surface of the parking platform facing away from the inner bearing, and a pin engaged with the inner and outer bearings and passing through the upper end of the respective first lever.