Patent ID: 8618906
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. A remotely controlled parking space barrier for preventing access to a reserved space by an unauthorized vehicle, said barrier comprising: a barrier assembly including an anchoring member and a rotatable barrier member rotatable between a relatively horizontal or flat position that permits a vehicle to park over the member and a generally vertical position for preventing vehicular access to a space, wherein the rotatable barrier member includes two arrays of light emitting diodes and a strobe light that operate when the barrier is in a closed position and an unauthorized vehicle is in front of said space; means for anchoring said anchoring member in a parking space and means including a motor for rotating said barrier between a flat accessible position and a generally vertical barrier position; a lighting system including a plurality of lights, an alarm and a first sensor for sensing an unauthorized vehicle within a predetermined distance from the parking space and means for flashing said lights in said lighting system and sounding said alarm when an unauthorized vehicle approaches the reserved space or comes within a predetermined distance of an entrance to the reserved space; means disposed within an authorized vehicle or on an authorized individual to send a signal to a receiver to rotate the barrier to a generally horizontal position to give access to the authorized vehicle or to a vehicle driven by an authorized individual; and means including said sensor for detecting a vehicle within the parking space and upon departure thereof automatically actuating said rotatable barrier member into a generally vertical position.