Two-level parking system
AssigneeD.G.A. Products Development Ltd.
InventorAvraham Amgar
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Abstract
A parking system (100) including a plurality of lever arms (103, 104, 114, 118, 122) serially and pivotally connected to each other from a nearest lever arm to a furthest lever arm, each lever arm being movable from a first orientation to a second orientation, wherein an angle of each lever arm relative to a ground surface is greater in the second orientation than in the first orientation, the nearest lever arm being connectable to a support structure (101) for supporting thereupon a vehicle to be parked, and drive apparatus (108) operatively connected to the lever arms (103, 104, 114, 118, 122) and operative to sequentially lift each of the lever arms (103, 104, 114, 118, 122), starting with the furthest lever arm and ending with the nearest lever arm, from its first orientation to its second orientation.
Claims20
A parking system comprising:
- a plurality of lever arms serially and pivotally connected to each other from a nearest lever arm to a furthest lever arm, each said lever arm being movable from a first orientation to a second orientation, wherein an angle of each said lever arm relative to a ground surface is greater in the second orientation than in the first orientation, the nearest lever arm being connectable to a support structure for supporting thereupon a vehicle to be parked;
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- drive apparatus operatively connected to said lever arms and operative to sequentially lift each of said lever arms, starting with the furthest lever arm and ending with the nearest lever arm, from its first orientation to its second orientation.
A parking system comprising:
- a support structure;
- a vehicle supported on said support structure;
- a plurality of lever arms serially and pivotally connected to each other from a nearest lever arm to a furthest lever arm, the furthest lever arm being connected to said support structure;
- and
- drive apparatus operatively connected to said lever arms and operative to sequentially lift each of said lever arms starting with the furthest lever arm and ending with the nearest lever arm, such that the center of gravity of said vehicle is constantly positioned with respect to a pivot connection between two of said lever arms such that the total moment produced by the weight of the vehicle and the weight of the support structure on the far side of the pivot connection is not greater than the total moment produced by the weight of the vehicle and the weight of the support structure on the near side of the pivot connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.