Patent ID: 9170101
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G01B,G01S

Abstract:
1. A method for disposing a vehicle service apparatus or alignment fixture relative to a line of a vehicle and to a vehicle supporting surface, comprising: determining a line of the vehicle associated with the relative positioning of the vehicle service apparatus or alignment fixture; disposing a laser assembly in proximity to one lateral side of said vehicle; aligning a projection axis of said laser assembly parallel to the surface supporting said vehicle and relative to said determined line of said vehicle; projecting, from said laser assembly, a laser beam reference line along said projection axis, such that said laser beam reference line is aligned relative to said determined line of said vehicle; and placing said vehicle service apparatus or alignment fixture in spaced-apart proximity to said vehicle at a predetermined orientation relative to a point of intersection with said laser beam reference line such that said vehicle service apparatus or alignment fixtures is disposed at a predetermined orientation relative to said determined line of said vehicle and to said vehicle supporting surface.