Parking space centering device for motor vehicles
OwnerMichael P. Sheehan, James W. Wanekinventors
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Abstract
A stand-alone centering device is provided for residential and commercial parking spaces to assist a motor vehicle operator in centering the motor vehicle in the space, the device consisting of a resilient floor marker which can be adhesively secured at or near an entrance end of the parking space and positioned such that the motor vehicle operator must align the left or right front tire of the vehicle to roll over the marker followed by the left or right rear tire of the vehicle in order to establish proper alignment of the vehicle in centered relation to the space. An additional marker may be positioned in predetermined relation to the front end of the space to indicate the forward end limit of travel.
Claims13
A parking space centering device for use in combination with a floor surface and contactable with a front tire of a motor vehicle to enable placement of the motor vehicle in predetermined relation to the floor surface comprising:
- a resilient body of a length adapted to approximate a width of the tire and of a height adapted to be substantially less than a radius of the tire, and said body having side walls merging upwardly toward one another at approximately a 45.degree. angle from a common base, an upper, substantially flat surface portion between said sidewalls and securing means for securing said body to said floor surface for extension transversely of the direction of travel of the motor vehicle and near an entrance end of said floor surface wherein movement of the from tire of the motor vehicle over said substantially flat surface portion of said body will establish alignment of the motor vehicle in predetermined relation to said floor surface.
A stand-alone centering device for use in combination with a garage parking area having a floor surface with an entrance end and an opposite end wall, said device contactable with the tires on a motor vehicle whereby to enable parking of the motor vehicle in centered relation to a designated parking area on the floor surface, said centering device comprising:
- at least one elongated body of a length adapted to be at least as great as a width dimension of a tire on the motor vehicle, said body adapted to be being of a height substantially less than that of the tire such that the tire will freely roll over said body, and said body having side walls tapering upwardly toward one another from a common base, an upper substantially flat surface portion between said side walls, and securing means for securing said body to said floor surface for extension transversely of the direction of travel of the motor vehicle and substantially at an entrance end of said floor surface whereby successive movement of a left front tire of the motor vehicle followed by a left rear tire of the motor vehicle over said substantially flat surface portion of said body will establish alignment of the motor vehicle in predetermined relation to said floor surface and said opposite end wall, said securing means including a pair of adhesive strips in spaced parallel relation to one another along a length dimension of said base, each said strip having a top and bottom adhesive surface for adhesively securing said strip to said base and to said floor surface, respectively.
A stand-alone centering device for use in combination with a garage parking area having a floor surface with an entrance end and an opposite end wall, said centering device contactable with the tires on a motor vehicle whereby to enable parking of the motor vehicle in centered relation to a designated parking area on the floor surface, said centering device comprising:
- a plurality of resilient floor markers including a first floor marker adapted to be located at said entrance end and adapted to be aligned with one of the front tires of the motor vehicle approaching said parking area, and a second floor marker adapted to be aligned in spaced parallel relation to said first floor marker and adapted to be at a predetermined distance from said opposite end wall whereby one of the front tires will roll over said first marker and advance forwardly into engagement with said second marker, each of said first and second markers comprising a low-profile resilient body of a length adapted to be at least as great as a width dimension of the tire and of a height such that the tire will freely roll over said body with minimal tilting of the motor vehicle, said body having securing means for adhesively securing said body to said floor surface.
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