Patent ID: 6148760
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
An apparatus for helping a driver position a vehicle in a garage, said apparatus comprising an extendible parking guide and an overhead track:a) said extendible parking guide having a plurality of rods wherein each of said plurality of rods includes a top end and a bottom end, and wherein said plurality of rods include a top rod, a bottom rod, a first set of intermediate rods having substantially the same length, and a second set of intermediate rods having varying lengths such that the length of each rod of said second set is different from each other of said second set and from said length of said first set,said top rod being located at a top of said guide and having a hook for supporting the guide from said overhead track,the bottom rod being located at a bottom of said guide for establishing a contact point with a vehicle for helping a driver position the vehicle,said top end of said bottom rod and each said top end of said first and second sets of rods includes an attachment means,said bottom end of said top rod and each said bottom end of said first and second sets of rods includes a connection means so that any of said attachment means is attachably connectable to any of said connection means,wherein the connection of a selection of said first and second sets of rods between said top and bottom rods can be arranged to correspond substantially to a distance between a ceiling in a garage and said contact point with said vehicle;b) said overhead track having a mounting section and a hooking section, said mounting section being designed for mounting said overhead track to said ceiling, said hooking section having openings along its length and having a longitudinal axis arranged to be parallel to a path of movement of said vehicle,the hook of said top rod of said guide is positionable in any one of said openings in said hooking section such that the position of said extendible parking guide can correspond to said distance between said ceiling and said contact point with said vehicle.