Dual purpose parking pad
OwnerJoe Zhenginventor
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Abstract
A parking pad having a raised wall, a bump and a slope is disclosed. A pair of such parking pads are preferably placed in an indoor garage for a vehicle to park thereon. The parking pad is made out of a single material and provides two purposes, one being used to collect and retain droppings falling from a parked vehicle in an indoor garage and the other being a parking guide for the vehicle to be parked properly.
Claims9
A parking pad for a vehicle for collecting droppings falling from the vehicle and signaling the operator of the vehicle to park the vehicle properly, the pad comprising:
- an elongated member of a similar length of the vehicle, having a flat surface, two sides, first and second ends, the first end having a slope for the vehicle to smoothly move onto the surface of the elongated member;
- the second end being elevated so that the flat surface is inclined;
- a wall raised above the flat surface and extending along the two sides and the second end and being integral with the elongated member;
- a bump pad being positioned between the two sides and close to the second end;
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- means for attaching the bump pad to the surface of the elongated member.
A parking pad for a vehicle for collecting droppings falling from the vehicle and signaling the operator of the vehicle to park the vehicle properly, the pad comprising:
- a first and a second elongated member, each comprising:
- a flat surface, two sides, first and second ends;
- the first end having a slope for the vehicle to smoothly move onto the surface of the elongated member, the second end being elevated so that the flat surface is inclined;
- a wall raised above the flat surface and extending along the two sides and the second end;
- a wall raised above the flat surface and extending along the two sides and the second end, the wall being integral with the elongated member;
- a bump pad being positioned between the two sides and close to the second end;
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- means for attaching the bump pad to the surface of the elongated member;
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- adjustable means for keeping the first elongated member in parallel away from the second elongated member so that the first elongated member is positioned under one side of the vehicle and the second elongated member is positioned under the other side of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.