Individual parking meter

An individual parking meter intended to be fitted in a vehicle so as to be visible for inspection from the outside, and comprising

• a parking time storage for storing of a prepaid parking time, and being of a disposable type which cannot be renewed and reused after purchase of the parking meter when the prepaid parking time has been consumed,
• a timing means connected to said parking time storage,
• a display means connected to said parking time storage and said timing means, for displaying parking information in dependence on signals from said means,
• a parking zone selector connected to said time storage, timing means and display means and arranged to cause said parking time storage to count down the parking time stored therein at a rate dependent on a set parking zone,
• a source of electric power, and
• a switch means for connection and disconnection of electric power to the components of the parking meter,
• the parking meter being shaped as a sealed, card-shaped casing wherein the components of the parking meter are embedded,
• the parking zone selector being arranged to be operated by a single operating button on the front of said card, for selecting the appropriate one from a number of parking zones, and
• the switch means being operable by an on/off button on said card.