# US 9,428,156 B2 · Vehicle transportation, storage, and maintenance assemblies and methods

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- Number: US 9,428,156 B2
- Document ID: US9428156B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/307,912
- Filed: 2007-07-06
- Published: 2009-12-17
- Granted: 2016-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 2006-07-07
- Applicants: Tim Davison
- Inventors: Tim Davison
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9428156B2

## CPC

- B62B 3/02: involving parts being adjustable, collapsible, attachable, detachable or convertible
- B60P 3/07: for carrying road vehicles
- B60S 13/00: Vehicle-manoeuvring devices separate from the vehicle (vehicle lifting {, e.g. liftable turntables} or pushing devices B66F; {workshop equipment B25H})
- B60S 13/02: Turntables; Traversers (incorporated in vehicle-storing garages E04H {; rotary display stands A47F5/02})
- B62B 3/10: characterised by supports specially adapted to objects of definite shape
- B62B 2202/90: Vehicles
- B62B 2203/05: Rocking means for facilitating tilting of the cart, e.g. by loading
- B62B 2203/74: rolling means, e.g. rollers
- B62B: HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES (characterised by animal propulsion B62C; propulsion of sledges by driver or engine B62M)
- B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00)
- B60S: SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

The present disclosure provides vehicle transportation and storage assemblies that can include a moving frame coupled to a loading frame and a support frame extending at an angle other than normal from the moving frame to the loading frame. Vehicle moving, storage, and/or maintenance methods are provided that can include supporting a vehicle with an assembly in a first position, with the first position supporting the vehicle substantially parallel to the road surface, and pivoting the assembly to support the vehicle in a second position, the second position supporting the vehicle substantially normal to the road surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle transportation and storage assembly comprising:
a substantially triangular configuration comprising a moving frame coupled to both a loading frame and a support frame to form the substantially triangular configuration, the support frame configured to support a vehicle and extending at an angle other than normal from the moving frame to the loading frame;
a pair of opposing wheels operatively coupled at a junction of the moving frame and the loading frame and configured to support the assembly when either the moving frame or the support frame is substantially parallel to a supporting surface; and
a maintenance frame nested within the support frame and pivotably coupled to the support frame, the maintenance frame movable from a first position substantially aligned within the support frame and a second position substantially aligned with the loading frame,
wherein the support frame couples with the moving frame at a location on the moving frame between the opposing ends of the moving frame; the moving frame having a portion that extends beyond the location and outside the substantially triangular configuration.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1 further comprising another pair of wheels operatively coupled at a junction of the support frame and the moving frame, both pairs of wheels supporting the assembly when the moving frame is substantially parallel to the to the supporting surface.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The assembly of claim 2 wherein one pair of wheels defines a substantially larger radius than the other pair of wheels.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1 wherein the pair of wheels is configured to provide for a pendular motion of the assembly between a first position having the support frame substantially parallel to the support surface, and a second position having the moving frame substantially parallel to the surface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1 wherein a flange is coupled to an upper portion of the support frame, the flange configured to receive a portion of the vehicle.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The assembly of claim 5 wherein the flange is coupled to the support frame at a portion of the support frame proximate the moving frame.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1 further comprising a hitch apparatus.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The assembly of claim 7 wherein the hitch apparatus comprises a first portion coupled to a first portion of the moving frame and second portion coupled to a second portion of the moving frame, the first and second portions of the moving frame being at opposite portions of the moving frame.