Patent ID: 6077017
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A vehicle handling system for an automated parking garage, said system comprising:a building having a plurality of vehicle storage bays, wherein said storage bays are adjacent to a central shaft on all sides and are vertically aligned for a predetermined number of floors of said building;a loading platform dimensioned to supportingly accommodate a vehicle, said loading platform including two spaced-apart gratings each formed by a plurality of spaced-apart, parallel bars, wherein said loading platform is disposed within said central shaft;a carriage including a vehicle support grating formed by a plurality of spaced-apart, parallel support bars, said support bars being immovably fixed to said carriage, wherein said support bars are sized and configured to interdigitately pass through said bars of said loading platform, said carriage being capable of horizontal movement along an aisle of said bays and extending and retracting movement to deposit and remove a vehicle from said bays; anda lifting means coupled to a drive means for reversibly raising and lowering said carriage relative to said loading platform.