Patent ID: 8100213

Claim:
A parking device to facilitate a parking operation of motor vehicles having a front part and a rear part both having at least one vehicle wheel, said parking device comprising: at least one wheel ( 701 ) mounted on a rotation axle; movement means ( 705 ) to move the at least one wheel ( 701 ) from a stowed position, in which the at least one wheel ( 701 ) is adjacent with a bottom of the motor vehicle, to an operating position in which the at least one wheel ( 701 ) is moved downwards and away from the bottom of the motor vehicle until at least one vehicle wheel of the rear part or front part of the motor vehicle lifts off the ground, said movement means ( 705 ) comprising at least a cylinder ( 706 ) having two arms ( 707 , 708 ) partially sliding inside said cylinder ( 706 ), wherein said cylinder ( 706 ) and said arms ( 707 , 708 ) extend horizontally and parallel to the bottom of the motor vehicle, and said at least one wheel ( 701 ) of the parking device having, at said operating position, a rotation axis parallel to the bottom of the motor vehicle; a motor ( 7 ) for rotating the at least one wheel ( 701 ) of the parking device; and a frame assembly supporting the at least one wheel ( 701 ) of the parking device, said frame assembly comprising a first plate ( 702 ) and a second plate ( 703 ) which are both pivotably coupled with the at least one wheel ( 701 ) via said rotation axle, pivotably coupled with said movement means ( 705 ) and pivotably coupled with a support plate ( 704 ) fixed to the bottom of the motor vehicle, wherein said movement means ( 705 ) is operable to cause rotation of the first and second plates ( 702 , 703 ) about said rotation axle of the at least one wheel ( 701 ) and lower said at least one wheel ( 701 ) of the parking device until the at least one vehicle wheel of the rear part or front part of the motor vehicle lifts off the ground.