Patent ID: 8443945

Claim:
A vehicle chocking system comprising: a first chock comprising a first bottom surface, a first front wheel restraining surface and a first rear wheel restraining surface opposite the first front wheel restraining surface; a second chock comprising a second bottom surface, a second front wheel restraining surface and a second rear wheel restraining surface opposite the second front wheel restraining surface; wherein the first bottom surface, the first front wheel restraining surface and the first rear wheel restraining surface of the first chock and the second bottom surface, the second front wheel restraining surface and the second rear wheel restraining surface of the second chock each comprises a proximity sensor; and wherein each of the proximity sensors are communicatively coupled to a controller comprising a processor and a memory having a computer readable and executable instructions and the processor executes the computer readable and/or executable instructions to transmits an approval signal when: proximity sensors for the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface are both engaged such that the first and second chocks are in an upright orientation; and either proximity sensors for the first rear wheel restraining surface and the second front wheel restraining surface are both engaged or proximity sensors for the first front wheel restraining surface and the second rear wheel restraining surface are both engaged.