Patent ID: 9487964
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: E04B,E04H

Claim Text:
1. A shuttle rail module structure for installation on and attachment to a building framework of a multi-level parking garage at each of a plurality of levels of said multi-level parking garage, said building framework defining a plurality of parking bay locations at each of said plurality of levels, said shuttle rail module structure comprising: a first structural steel Ibeam; a second structural steel Ibeam spaced from and disposed parallel to said first structural steel Ibeam; a plurality of parallel, double-ended, structural steel cross channels spaced from one another and extending between and orthogonal relative to said first and second structural steel Ibeams, each of said plurality of double-ended structural steel cross channels having ends welded to said first and second structural steel Ibeams; a first shuttle rail spaced from and adjacent to said first structural steel Ibeam extending alongside said first structural steel Ibeam, said first shuttle rail welded to said structural steel cross channels; and a second shuttle rail spaced from said first shuttle rail spaced from and adjacent to said second structural steel Ibeam extending alongside said second structural steel Ibeam, said second shuttle rail welded to said structural steel cross channels, said first and second structural steel Ibeams and said first and second shuttle rails being parallel, each of said first and second shuttle rails including a steel tube of rectangular cross-section having steel tube ends and an upper steel tube surface, and a steel bar welded to the upper steel tube surface, projecting upwardly therefrom, and extending completely between said steel tube ends.