Patent ID: 9441388
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: E04H

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle shuttle system for use in an automated parking garage, comprising: a movable platform having two vehicle wheel paths to support a vehicle, said vehicle wheel paths separated by a channel suitable to accommodate at least two shuttle carts, and extending along a whole length of said platform along a longitudinal axis; and at least two shuttle carts comprising retractable members adapted to extend and also adapted to retract in a linear movement towards the center of the shuttle cart along a transverse axis, and configured to lift up and firmly hold said vehicle while positioned on said vehicle wheel paths, said at least two shuttle carts displaceable between said channel and a parking space having a flat channel-free surface, wherein at least one pair of retractable members located along a transverse axis of said shuttle cart is capable of movement relative to the shuttle cart along a longitudinal axis of said movable platform.