Overhead vehicle storage system
US7909558B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/0478
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for the safe storage of vehicles wherein a storage structure is provided having a first section in which vehicles are stored in vertically oriented cells with each vehicle being carried within a vehicle storage unit such that the units may be stacked one upon another and wherein at least one transfer vehicle is provided for selectively engaging and conveying the vehicle storage units along an overhead grid track system between the first section and a second section wherein the grid track system is at least partially oriented over a roadway such that the at least one transfer vehicle may be used to either lift or lower a vehicle contained within a vehicle storage unit relative to the roadway and move the vehicle storage unit to and from a storage position in one of the vertical storage cells of the first section of the storage structure.
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